The individual project will be presented in PowerPoint format;projects shall analyze, compare, contrast and discuss the impacts ofhistory, culture, environment and local foods on the wines that areproduced in their selected region or sub-region within a country outsideof the United States. This region will then be compared to onewine-producing region within the United States (not to include Florida).For this assignment, you will need to choose an international region orsub-region that produces wine and compare it to a U.S. region thatproduces wine. No Florida wine region may be chosen.
You must choose a region,not an entire state or country. For example, instead of choosing Oregonas a wine-growing region, you would select Willamette Valley AVA,Yamhill-Carlton AVA, or Dundee Hills AVA, etc. Instead of a country like Chile, you could choose Atacama, Coquimbo, or Central Valley, or one of the subregions within such as San Antonio or Casablanca, etc.
Inorder to receive full credit on the project the students chosen regionmust be compared to one region in the U.S. (not to include Florida).Please choose small sub-regions outside the United States as well assmall sub-regions within the United States (not the state of Florida). Please choose the region first and then the wine/s produced in that region.
Comparing and contrasting the history, geography, wine-producing techniques, food, and culture need to be included.
Directions
Toexplore the impact wine-production has on a region, students willresearch a wine region or sub-region outside of the United States. Thestudents research shall be developed as a PowerPoint presentation.Within the region, students will identify two specific wines to exploreand comparatively relate them to two wines within the United States.Terroir, wine-making techniques, grape varietals, labeling laws, andculture between the region or sub-region outside of the United Stateswill be compared to the region or sub-region chosen within the UnitedStates. Please note that no Florida wine-growing regions may be used.
The presentation should consist of at least 36 PowerPoint slides (plus bibliography)that meet the criteria below. The final project is broken down intoparts that will be submitted as checkpoints (drafts) throughout thesemester. Online mentors will provide feedback on each checkpoint withintwo weeks of submission to ensure that project objectives are met. Latesubmission of a checkpoint without University approved documentationwill result in a zero for that checkpoint. Late checkpoint submissionswill also receive feedback within two weeks of the actual submissiondate. Submissions must include a bibliography.
Projects without a bibliography:
1st time offense 1 point off total (example 3 points becomes 2 points)
All future offenses = 0 (no available points, feedback only)
Slides should be in the order stated in the project rubric and labeled properly so that the topic is easily identifiable. Failure to keep your slides in the rubric order will result in points being deducted.
Contentshould be in your own words and the presentation should include APAcitation of sources. Create a citation slide at the end of eachPowerPoint submission. Here is a link to the APA Formatting Guide: . Plagiarism can result in a zero for the final project and violates the Academic Honor Policy.
Allsubmissions must be the work of the student and have a bibliographyslide. See detailed information below regarding submissions without abibliography.
Plagiarism is a violation of the FSU Academic HonorPolicy and can result in a zero for the final project. When submittingyour Final Project, no one source should be more than 10% of thecontent.
Please keep in mind that this is a college-levelproject and as such is to be the create work of each individual student.Project content should reflect your knowledge and create though, not acut and paste of the literature already available.
Final Project Requirements
- Youmust start with one wine region or sub-region (for example Chablis is asub-region in Burgundy, Burgundy is a region in France) outside theUnited States. You will discuss ways in which the wine/s is/are relatedto the culture.
- Next you will select one wine region orsub-region within the US, but NOT IN FLORIDA. You will identify twowines from the region or sub-region to compare and contrast with thepreviously selected wines from outside of the US.
- Inorder to receive full credit on the project no Florida wine regions maybe used, and elements of history, culture, food, and terroir must becompared and contrasted. See the checkpoint and final project rubricsfor details on the number of slides by section and slide informationrequirements. Having fewer slides than required, low quality slides, ornot addressing the required material will result in a zero for thesegment.
- Be sure to include a citations slide for each of the checkpoints and the final project submission.
- Title slide: To include your name, the region you have chosenoutside the United States and the U.S. region you are comparing it to.(1 slide)
- Introduction to culture: Select one wine-producingregion within a country (NOT THE UNITED STATES) and explore their stylesof wine/s. List wine-producing region and the wine labeling laws of theregion/country. Do the same for the region you have chosen within theUnited States. (at least 4 slides)
- Geography: Create a mapshowing the geographical location of your selected country and thewine-producing region you have chosen. Also include a map of thewine-producing region you have chosen within the United States. Studentsshould use Google Maps or a similar tool to chart their geographicallocations. (at least 2 slides)
- Environment: Describe thephysical environments in your original wine-producing region. Indicatehow the environment has impacted the growth of wine and its productionand consumption. What about the countrys weather or growing practiceshas affected the way people in this region drink wine? Is everyone inthe community happy about wine? Do they all agree on how wine should bemade, sold, tasted, drunk, exported, and who should benefit? Do the samefor the region you have chosen within the United States. (at least 6slides)5.
- History & Politics: What are the major historical factors that have impacted wine production in the tworegions you have selected? How has history colored the wine culture inthat region/country today? Identify major political events that haveimpacted the production or consumption of wine in the regions. (at least6 slides) 6.
- Culture: What is the dominant culture surroundingwine in the regions you have selected? What are the cultural/socialcharacteristics that define wine consumption and culture in the countryyou have selected? For example, when and where is wine consumed? Whodrinks wine in the country and what are the popular styles? Identify anyfestivals, religious events, fairs, or events dealing with wine in theregions. (at least 4 slides)7.
- Local food: What are the traditional and trendylocal foods that are paired with wine in your two regions? How does thelocal food in both regions youre examining affect wine? (at least 2slides)8.
- Economic Impact: Identify if the economic impact ofthe production or consumption of wine in the regions (both) you havechosen. Do the selected regions export wine? How popular is wine in theregion compared to other beverages such as distilled spirits, beer,coffee, and tea? Are there many wine producers or is it dominated by afew? (at least 2 slides)
Final analysis: After examiningeach component separately, what can you deduce about the effectsgeography, environment, history, culture, and local food have had uponwine culture in the country you have selected? What do thesecharacteristics say about the culture as a whole? Finally compare thisregion to your selected region in the US (at least 9 slides, includingconclusion)
Specifically answer the following:
- Compare and contrast the climate of each region.
- How would you describe wine culture in each region?
- Compare and contrast the US wine processing to that of the original region.
- Includeat least one slide that references one aspect of popular culture suchas on TV, movies, music or advertisements, that features the wine in each region.
- Compare and contrast the religious history and current religious climate of the two regions as they relate to wine production or consumption.
- What are the similarities between the wine cultures within the two regions youre examining?
- What are the differences?
- Conclusion:reflect upon how your world has been affected by analyzing theperspectives, needs, desires, and interests of other citizens of theworld. (1 slide)
