vinification
8.6
Turning grape juice into wine using yeast
- noun
- /ˌvɪnɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/
- Specialized
:
vinificación
- During vinification, different yeasts can be used to influence the taste of the final product.
Examples
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The winemaker carefully monitored the vinification process to ensure the best flavor in the wine.
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Their vinification is simple: minimal handling.
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He explained that the vinification involves converting grape juice into wine through fermentation.
Synonyms
6
3.9
The process of growing grapes and making wine
focuses only on fermenting grape juice into alcohol
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3.4
A process where people grow grapes and turn them into wine
focuses on fermentation as the specific production stage rather than cultivation
How Complete
Surface Forms
vinification singular
vinifications plural
Morphology
vinification = vinify (semi-transparent) = vin + ation
The word is regularly formed from the specialized verb 'vinify' plus '-ation', but the base verb itself is uncommon for many learners.
Etymology
The word vinification comes from the Latin vinum 'wine' and the part -fication 'making', so it literally means 'making wine'.