Production and Service of Wine, Beer and Spirits Minor

Program Coordinator/Contact

Kendra Kattelmann, PhD, RDN, LN, FAND, Director
School of Health and Consumer Sciences
Wagner Hall 425, Box 2275A
605-688-5161

Program Information

The minor in Production and Service of Wine, Beer and Spirits provides students with a general understanding and the skills in producing, marketing, and serving wine, beer, and spirits. This is an interdisciplinary minor that spans the areas of nutrition, hospitality management, human resource management, and marketing. This minor provides students the science and techniques behind brewing and fermentation of different beverages, as well as rigorous procedures for the sanitation and safe handling/serving of alcoholic beverages. Learn how to appropriately develop flavors in distilled beverages and how to pair them appropriately with food. Marketing, management, and customer service are also components of this minor.

Student Learning Outcomes

Graduates with a minor in Production and Service of Wine, Beer and Spirits will be able to:

• Produce wine and beer.
• Describe how to produce distilled spirits.
• Demonstrate understanding of the role played by the component ingredients in wine, beer, and distilled spirits.
• Properly taste test wine and beer following applicable industry protocols.
• Understand and manage the responsible service and consumption of alcoholic beverages.
• Demonstrate understanding the management of the food operations that serve alcoholic beverages.
• Practice management principles and procedures related to the sale and service of alcoholic and specialty beverages.
• Implement marketing strategies including demographics, image development, advertising, sales promotion, public relations, administering and controlling a marketing plan.
• Become certified through the National Restaurant Association upon successful completion of the online ServSafe Food Protection Manager Certification Exam.

Academic Requirements

Students must be 21 years of age or older to complete HMGT 480 - Introduction to Wine, Beer, and Spirits , HMGT 480L - Introduction to Wine, Beer, and Spirits Lab , NUTR 426 - Production of Wine Beer Spirits , and NUTR 426L - Production of Wine Beer Spirits Lab .

Course Delivery Format

Practical learning experiences complement traditional academic settings.