wine trade
Selling fermented grapes
The wine trade is the business of buying and selling wine, encompassing importation, distribution, and retail.
Someone in the wine trade works professionally with wine—as a merchant, importer, sommelier, or retailer.
The term suggests the commercial side of wine rather than production: She left banking to enter the wine trade.
- négociantWine wholesaler, trader
- vineyardGrape-growing estate
- businessCommercial activity or occupation
- commerceExchange of goods, services
- futuresContracts for future delivery
appellation · import tariffs · exporter · customs clearance · duty free · supply chain · bulk shipping · dealer · freight · branding · compliance officer · excise tax · oenophile · sommelier · allocation · distributor · cask · bottle shop
- ancient tradeSilk Road, caravan routes, sea routes, river routes, maritime routes
- Medieval GermanyHoly Roman Empire, Charlemagne, Franconia, guild system, Swabia
- Ancient IberiaHispania, Iberian Peninsula, Lusitania, Iberians, Celts
- wine culturewinery, vintage, grape, grapes, vine
- medieval economyfiefs, manors, serfs, vassals, lords
- trade historycommerce, merchant, traders, colonial economy, trader
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Business in brewed leaves
coffee trade · brewing industry · craft brewing · dairy industry
wine tradetemperance movement
Campaign against alcohol consumption
prohibition · alcohol ban · teetotalism · dry laws · bootlegging
wine tradebrewing industry
Commercial beer manufacturing sector
beer brewing · whiskey distilling · craft brewing · moonshining