vintners
Cellar-owning producers
Vintners are people who make or sell wine.
The term applies to winemakers who oversee grape selection, fermentation, and aging, as well as wine merchants who deal in finished products.
Local vintners have been experimenting with new grape varieties.
The singular vintner appears in business names and formal contexts.
Hooped cylindrical vessel
- bottleContainer for liquids
- agingGrowing older over time
- maturationProcess of becoming complete
- cellarUnderground storage room
reserve · provenance · collection · label · cork · corkage · storage · temperature
Wine-fruit bearing climbers
- harvestGathering mature crops
- terroirGeography's influence on taste
- pruningCutting vegetation for health
- trellisGarden climbing structure
rootstock · cultivar · grafting · canopy · budbreak · clones · irrigation · hillsides
Microbial sugar conversion
- barrelsCylindrical storage vessels
- crushCompress with force
- blendingCombining into uniformity
- bottlingPackaging liquids in containers
must · pomace · punch-down · maceration · lees · yeast · malolactic · carbonic
Made by skilled craftspeople
- handcraftedMade manually, not machined
- traditionCustom passed through generations
- expertiseSkill from extensive practice
- small-batchProduced in limited quantities
family-owned · old-world · boutique · négociant · château · domaine · bodega · cantina
barrel
Hooped cylindrical vessel
- bottleContainer for liquids
- agingGrowing older over time
- maturationProcess of becoming complete
cellar · reserve · provenance · collection · label · cork · corkage · storage · temperature · humidity
grapevines
Wine-fruit bearing climbers
- harvestGathering mature crops
- terroirGeography's influence on taste
- pruningCutting vegetation for health
trellis · rootstock · cultivar · grafting · canopy · budbreak · clones · irrigation · hillsides · soil
fermentation
Microbial sugar conversion
bottling · must · pomace · punch-down · maceration · lees · yeast · malolactic · carbonic · cuvee
artisanal
Made by skilled craftspeople
- handcraftedMade manually, not machined
- traditionCustom passed through generations
- expertiseSkill from extensive practice
small-batch · family-owned · old-world · boutique · négociant · château · domaine · bodega · cantina
bouquet
Arranged cluster of blooms
acidity · sommelier · decanting · mouthfeel · finish · nose · legs · body · complexity · balance
- craftspeoplepotter, weaver, blacksmith, artisan, potters
- winemakingwinery, winemaking, crushing, grapevines, grape vines
- beverage workersbartenders, bartender, brewers, barkeep, distillers
- Drinking historyale, mead, tavern, alehouse, tankard
- guildsguild hall, guild, craft guilds, guild halls, guildhall
- medieval trademerchant, merchant guilds, trader, craft guilds, guild