MBA: Wine Business Concentration
SO… Are you interested in the business of wine and ready to take the next step in your career?
Earn your MBA with a Wine Business Concentration online or on campus in the heart of California’s wine country.
Build the business expertise, industry knowledge, and professional connections to help you grow your career in the world of wine. Sonoma State University's MBA with a Wine Business Concentration combines a comprehensive graduate business education with specialized knowledge of the wine industry.
Develop expertise in leadership, strategy, finance, marketing, and management while exploring the trends shaping today's wine business. Located in the heart of California wine country, Sonoma State connects your MBA experience to an industry with deep roots in our region and a global reach.
So Much to Offer
Our MBA program with a Wine Business Concentration brings together a strong foundation in business with specialized wine industry education.
You'll develop the skills to understand organizations, make strategic decisions, lead teams, and respond to changing markets while gaining insight into the unique opportunities and challenges facing the wine industry.
Whether you're already working in wine or looking to enter the industry, you'll graduate with a broader understanding of the business from grape to consumer.
Is the Wine Business MBA Right for You?
Our program is designed for professionals from a range of backgrounds and career stages.
Expand your business and leadership expertise to prepare for greater responsibility and new opportunities within the industry.
Build the business foundation and industry knowledge to help you transition into the wine sector.
Broaden your expertise and explore opportunities across wine, hospitality, sales, marketing, distribution, and related businesses.
Build on your undergraduate education with advanced business skills and specialized knowledge of the wine industry.
Turn your interest in the business of wine into deeper professional knowledge and explore where that expertise could take you.
So Much Flexibility
Choose the path that works with your life and career.
Choose the learning experience that works best for you.
Complete your on campus MBA in as little as one year or choose a two-year path.
So Much Expertise
Develop advanced knowledge in core areas of business, including finance, marketing, strategy, management, and leadership.
Strengthen the strategic, analytical, communication, and decision-making skills to lead ethically and effectively in an evolving industry.
Explore the business of wine through coursework focused on the industry's distinctive markets, operations, marketing, distribution, and management challenges.
Build transferable business expertise that can support career growth within the wine industry and across related industries.
Learn from Sonoma State faculty who combine scholarship, teaching, professional experience, and knowledge of the wine business.
Connect with classmates, faculty, alumni, and professionals throughout the wine business community.
Study in one of the world's best-known wine regions and connect with professionals, organizations, alumni, and businesses across the industry.
Develop a broader understanding of the forces that shape the industry, from production and operations to branding, marketing, distribution, and the consumer.
Put ideas into practice and connect classroom learning with real business challenges and opportunities.
Deepen your understanding of the wine business and develop skills you can apply to your professional goals.
Your MBA experience is about more than earning a degree. It's an opportunity to build skills you can carry throughout your career.
Your Next Step Starts Here
The wine industry continues to evolve, and it needs professionals who understand both business fundamentals and the complexities of the industry.
Build the knowledge, leadership skills, and professional connections to help shape what's next.
Classes begin August 2027. Applications accepted October 1, 2026 – April 30, 2027.