Wine Business Institute

Join us for the SBE Spring Mixer! This popular networking event is attended by 300+ students, alumni, and employers each year.

The evening includes:

5:30 PM to 6:30 PM - "How to Effectively Network" by Dr. Rich Campbell

6:00 PM to 7:30 PM - Open Networking with lite bites and beverages served 

 

The Wine Business Institute Research Summit is a gathering of academics, scholars, and wine industry professionals devoted to research in the economic, social, and management of the wine sector.

2021 marks the WBI’s 25th anniversary as a pioneer in providing industry relevant wine business education and research. 

The Wine, Hospitality, Business, and Economics Career Fair is hosted in partnership with the SSU Career Center and is part of the two-week-long 2019 Career Fest. Held March 25 through April 4, 2019, the first week of Career Fest includes workshops, networking, and a pop-up tent where you can drop in to have all your questions answered and be prepared for week two, when the actual career fairs take place. All Career Fest events are free to all SSU students.  

 

Ray Johnson, executive director of the Wine Business Institute, and Geralyn Brostrom, lecturer at the Wine Business Institute, will be presenting "Opportunities, Obstacles, and Options in the US Beverage Alcohol Market" at VinExpo New York on Sunday, March 3, 2019, from 3:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Designed for winery owners, accountant, bookkeepers, entrepreneurs and others seeking a complete understanding of the cost of producing wine, this course will demystify the most complex aspects of winery accounting. By helping students develop an accurate understanding of the true costs of their product this course will enable students to build sustainable and profitable pricing strategies for various wine business models.  

 
May 18, 2019
8:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.
 
From the development of vineyard property through production of wine and final sales, this course will cover tax accounting principles and strategies for vineyards and wineries.  The course will include a focus on special farming provisions, tax elections and vineyard depreciation methods as well as various tax strategies for inventory costing, selection of accounting methods, depreciation and other unique taxation rules and planning opportunities available to vineyard and winery owners and management teams.
 
May 4, 2019

This course is the foundation class for the Online Certificate in Wine Business Management. This is a four-week course that provides an overview of the business of wine. Students will develop an appreciation of the realities of the wine business as a business and come to understand the steps required for getting from the vineyard and into the glass of the consumer.

April 18 - May 16, 2019
Prerequisites: None

 

Learning Objectives -- Upon completion of this course, students will:

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