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winemaker

winemaker

14 3.3
A person or company that makes wine for a living
  • noun
  • /ˈwaɪnˌmeɪkər/
  • Specialized
translation icon : productor de vino
  • The winemaker carefully selected grapes from the vineyard to create a unique blend.
  • California winemakers
  • Napa Valley winemaker
  • winemakers with wine

And you, you could speak to the winemaker usually and, you know, you could see their passion they had for what they were doing.

Examples

  • We're actually looking for a new winemaker.

  • I'm in the wine industry, studying to be a winemaker, so it's especially hard.

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  • And you, you could speak to the winemaker usually and, you know, you could see their passion they had for what they were doing.

  • Your grandfather was not just a winemaker.

  • If you are curious about wine, often the winemaker is available to talk to at wine tasting events.

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  • Though margins in the wine industry have always been slim, all the winemakers I spoke to said business was good.

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  • I know the winemaker.

  • In the case of the small winemaker, crushing and fermenting happened 10 days before the pressing.

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  • My brother is a winemaker, and your verbiage on today's post reminds me of what he says.

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  • Weinrallye is the brainchild of Thomas Lippert, a winemaker and wine blogger based in Heidelberg, Germany.

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Synonyms

vintner
vswinemaker
5 8.8

A person who makes or sells wine

focuses on producing wine professionally rather than also selling it
winemaster
vswinemaker
  • Specialized
6.7

A person who makes and supervises the production of wine

focuses on producing wine professionally rather than primarily supervising staff

How Skilled

winemaster
  • Specialized
6.7
winemaker
  • Specialized
14 3.3

Surface Forms

winemaker singular
winemakers plural

Morphology

winemaker = wine + maker (transparent) = wine + maker

The compound is a direct combination of 'wine' + 'maker', meaning a person or company that makes wine, which is obvious from the parts.

Etymology

Winemaker combines wine and maker and literally means 'one who makes' wine, much like a baker makes bread. So a winemaker is a person or company whose job is to produce wine.