Viñedo

A 90-minute, 4-round basic Express simulation for Spanish vocational training (Formacion Profesional), module 0077 Viticultura (Tecnico Superior en Vitivinicultura, Real Decreto 1688/2007). The learner is the newly qualified technician of a fictional trellised vineyard of 85 hectares in La Manchuela, with drip irrigation under a water concession, over four campaigns.

Eight decisions over four rounds: the pruning and the plot records, the irrigation and the canopy, the sale of the grape and the plant protection, the harvest date and the close of the four campaigns.

Scored on grape value reached, growing cost per hectare and year, grape out of the quality contract and legal and sanitary incidents; three tempting choices come back later, and two critical errors (water pumped from a well with no concession, a plot harvested inside its pre-harvest interval with the treatment unrecorded) cap the round. Lesson: producing less grape but better can be worth more than producing more.

Spanish primary, English parity. All vineyards, wineries, companies and people are fictional.

An introductory simulation that assumes no prior knowledge of the subject, designed for undergraduate courses. It also works in vocational and high-school programmes and in onboarding sessions.