Course overview
Principles and practices of wine clarification and stabilisation. Protein, tartrate, metal, colour oxidative, and microbiological stability and stability testing of wine. Wine clarification by means of settling, centrifugation, filtration and fining.
Course learning outcomes
- Identify the types of instabilities in wine which might be expected to occur through winemaking and critique the methods used to remove instabilities from wines and the agents involved.
- Define the physical, chemical and biochemical parameters involved in wine stability, and apply methods to stabilise wine and to determine the extent of wine instabilities and their causes.
- Differentiate the types of technologies used in industry for the clarification and stabilisation of wines and other fermented beverages.
- Compose written scientific reports based on the practical work undertaken.
Availability
Class details
Waite Campus
Class number 24705
Section LE01
Size 45
Available 45
Class number 24706
Section PR01
Size 45
Available 45
Fee calculator
To display course fees, please select your status and program below:
We’re updating this Fee Calculator. It currently shows fees for programs only. Please check the relevant program for full fee details.
Study Abroad student tuition fees are available here.
Only some Postgraduate Coursework programs are available as Commonwealth Supported. Please check your program for specific fee information.
The Student Contribution amount displayed below is for students commencing a new program from 2021 onwards. If you are continuing in a program you commenced prior to 1 January 2021, or are commencing an Honours degree relating to an undergraduate degree you commenced prior to 1 January 2021, you may be charged a different Student Contribution amount from the amount displayed below. Please check the Student Contribution bands for continuing students here. If you are an international student, or a domestic student studying in a full fee paying place, and are continuing study that you commenced in 2025 or earlier, your fees will be available here before enrolments open for 2026.