wine grower
Vineyard cultivation professional
A wine grower is someone who cultivates grapevines for the purpose of making wine.
The term emphasizes the agricultural side of winemaking—tending vineyards, managing harvests, and nurturing the grapes themselves—rather than the cellar work of fermentation and bottling.
Wine growers may produce their own wines or sell their grapes to wineries.
The family has been wine growers in the region for five generations.
Wine-fruit bearing climbers
- trellisGarden climbing structure
- pruningCutting vegetation for health
- irrigationArtificial water supply for agriculture
- estateProperty and grounds
rows · planting · acreage · canopy · tending · cultivation · trellising · spacing
Ground matter for planting
- climatePrevailing atmospheric conditions
- microclimateLocalized atmospheric zone
- appellationName or title given
- mineralityRock-derived character in taste
topography · drainage · sunlight · altitude · aspect · limestone · chalk · granite
Act of selecting
- grapesClustered vine fruit
- autumnPost-summer cooling period
- crushCompress with force
- vintageQuality from past eras
ripening · bunches · yield · must · pressing · harvest · sorting · collection
grapevines
Wine-fruit bearing climbers
- trellisGarden climbing structure
- pruningCutting vegetation for health
- irrigationArtificial water supply for agriculture
estate · rows · planting · acreage · canopy · tending · cultivation · trellising · spacing · training
soil
Ground matter for planting
- climatePrevailing atmospheric conditions
- microclimateLocalized atmospheric zone
- appellationName or title given
minerality · topography · drainage · sunlight · altitude · aspect · limestone · chalk · granite · slate
picking
Act of selecting
vintage · ripening · bunches · yield · must · pressing · harvest · sorting · collection · timing
winemaking
Crafting fermented grape beverages
- fermentationMicrobial sugar conversion
- barrelHooped cylindrical vessel
- agingGrowing older over time
oak · tannins · bouquet · cellar · vintner · blend · varietal · handcrafted · bottling · cork
rootstock
Base for grafted plants
budbreak · clonal · propagation · phenolics · scion · vine · shoots · dormancy · ripeness · selection
wine growerwine drinker
Consumer of fermented grapes
prohibitionist · sommelier · wine critic · wine merchant · teetotaler
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