viticulture
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- noun
- /ˌvaɪtɪˈkʌltʃər/
- Specialized
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viticultura
- He attended a workshop to learn more about viticulture and its impact on wine production.
- precision viticulture
- professor of viticulture
Examples
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What's unique about this competition is that the Kiwanis Club of St. Helena is donating all proceeds to scholarships for young people who have chosen to go into the core businesses that make Napa Valley so unique: agriculture, enology, viticulture, and hospitality.
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In order to create high-quality wine, understanding viticulture is essential for grape growers.
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For me, it means at least organic viticulture, not only for a better flavor but also better for the environment and our bodies.
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The region has incredible dairy, crop, and viticulture supply chains, as well as outstanding natural resources, including a significant natural water supply.
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My wife works at a vineyard with a nearly uniformly female gender distribution in the viticulture division.
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The goal, he says, is to develop and introduce rootstocks that are both resistant to the tougher nematodes and adaptable to California viticulture.
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Bearing in mind improvements in viticulture techniques, the number of enthusiasts with time and money to grow vines, and the enormous increase in population, it would be expected that there would be many more vineyards today.
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ARS is breaking new ground in grape research in New York's Finger Lakes region, whose storied history with viticulture and the wine industry dates back to the 1850s.
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Benoit Lahaye is a passionate advocate of natural winegrowing; the estate was fully converted to organic viticulture in 2003 and certified organic (biologique) in 2007.
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The agricultural techniques involved in viticulture can greatly influence the flavor of the final product.
Synonyms
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The process of growing grapes and making wine
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A process where people grow grapes and turn them into wine
Growing grapes to make wine
Farming grapes to make wine
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Viticulture comes from the Latin words vitis meaning 'vine' and cultura meaning 'cultivation', the same '-culture' you see in agriculture. So, viticulture is the science and practice of growing grapevines, especially for winemaking.