winegrowers
Grape farming professionals
Winegrowers are people who cultivate grapevines for winemaking.
The term emphasizes the agricultural side of wine production—tending vineyards, managing harvests—rather than the cellar work of fermenting and bottling.
The winegrowers association lobbied against the new pesticide regulations.
A single practitioner is a winegrower.
Fostering growth through care
- trellisingSupporting climbing plants
- pruningCutting vegetation for health
- irrigationArtificial water supply for agriculture
- canopyOverhead protective covering
grafting · planting · tillage · dormancy · budbreak · shoots · fertilizer · harvest
Microbial sugar conversion
- yeastFermenting fungus
- barrelHooped cylindrical vessel
- agingGrowing older over time
- malolacticBacterial acid transformation
cask · lees · maceration · oak · sulfites · cellar · cork · bouquet
Ground matter for planting
- climatePrevailing atmospheric conditions
- microclimateLocalized atmospheric zone
- mineralityRock-derived character in taste
- appellationName or title given
geology · topography · ecosystem · loam · chalk · silt · sandstone · drainage
Bred plant variety
- clonesGenetically identical copies
- rootstockBase for grafted plants
- varietalSingle-grape wine type
- scionHeir of prominence
crossbreeding · propagation · genotype · phenolics · tannins · flavonoids · bunches · ripeness
French port and vineyard area
- BurgundyFrench winemaking region
- TuscanyCentral Italian region
- RiojaSpanish wine denomination
- MendozaWestern Argentine province
Mosel · Marlborough · Willamette · Loire · Piedmont · cooperatives · estates · châteaux
cultivation
Fostering growth through care
- trellisingSupporting climbing plants
- pruningCutting vegetation for health
- irrigationArtificial water supply for agriculture
canopy · grafting · planting · tillage · dormancy · budbreak · shoots · fertilizer · harvest · picking
fermentation
Microbial sugar conversion
malolactic · cask · lees · maceration · oak · sulfites · cellar · cork · bouquet · decanting
soil
Ground matter for planting
- climatePrevailing atmospheric conditions
- microclimateLocalized atmospheric zone
- mineralityRock-derived character in taste
appellation · geology · topography · ecosystem · loam · chalk · silt · sandstone · drainage · sun exposure
cultivar
Bred plant variety
scion · crossbreeding · propagation · genotype · phenolics · tannins · flavonoids · bunches · ripeness · sugar content
Bordeaux
French port and vineyard area
Mendoza · Mosel · Marlborough · Willamette · Loire · Piedmont · cooperatives · estates · châteaux · domaine