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vintner

vintner

5 8.8
A person who makes or sells wine
  • noun
  • /ˈvɪntər/
translation icon : vinatero
  • Near its center, surrounded by overgrown hedges and flower beds, the vintner's house rises, a sprawling two-story villa with a crumbling tile roof.
  • vintners and wine
  • local vintner
  • fellow vintner

Examples

  • And that is a big reason why many vintners and wine grape growers have begun to compost.

    Academic text (1995)
  • And because the Bay Area is located where it is, the East Bay's urban vintners have access to grapes from both Northern and Central California.

    Blog text (9)
  • I wanna stay here - and be a vintner with you.

  • I am a vintner now.

  • Well, at least let us introduce you to our head vintner.

  • Waiheke's become something of a vintner destination.

  • He's also the head vintner, and has won the house many medals for his lovely wines.

  • There are over 100 French vintners, dozens of Italian ones, and numerous representatives of Spanish wine.

    Blog text (31)
  • They are now one of many young farmers and vintners who have settled in the Negev.

    Blog text (21)
  • The vintner carefully selects the grapes each harvest to produce high-quality wine.

Synonyms

winemaker
vsvintner
  • Specialized
14 3.3

A person or company that makes wine for a living

also includes selling wine commercially as well as making it
wine merchant
vsvintner
2 3.9

A person or business that buys and sells wine to customers

can also mean someone who makes wine as well as sells it
winemaster
vsvintner
  • Specialized
6.7

A person who makes and supervises the production of wine

may also involve selling wine rather than only running production
négociant
vsvintner
  • Jargon
9.9

A person who buys grapes or wine from farmers and sells wine under their own label

also covers making wine or selling it generally, not just buying from growers

Surface Forms

vintner singular
vintners plural

Etymology

The word vintner comes from an old root vin- that means 'wine', the same root you see in vine and wine. So a vintner is someone who makes or sells wine.