vinify

American  

[vin-uh-fahy] / ˈvɪn əˌfaɪ /

verb (used with object)

vinified, vinifying

1. to produce (a type of wine) by vinification.

   to vinify champagne entirely from white grapes.

2. to convert (grapes or other fruit) into wine.

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verb (used without object)

vinified, vinifying

1. to make wine.

2. to undergo the winemaking process.

   Some juices vinify more quickly than others.

Etymology

Origin of vinify

First recorded in 1965–70; vini- + -fy

Example Sentences

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vinify vinified vinifying

These he’ll harvest and vinify together, making field blends that are, to his mind, as distinctive as a fingerprint.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 15, 2017

Cabernet sauvignon, when planted in the right places and farmed and vinified with care and humility, has produced wines that have been considered among the greatest, not just for decades but for centuries.

From New York Times ● Dec. 27, 2021

Though made of pinot noir, it was vinified as a white, with the grape juice immediately whisked away from the pigment-bearing skins.

From New York Times ● Nov. 1, 2018

It was an essential component in old mixed black heritage vineyards, in which many different black grapes were planted and vinified all together.

From New York Times ● Dec. 29, 2017

Grape juice, bled or blended or vinified pink, liberally applied on hot sunny days, made to chill, glug, repeat?

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2016

This blend, aged on lees for about three years, comes from hand-picked grapes and vinified from nine different wines.

From Inc ● Nov. 22, 2012

In fact, Mr. Beckstoffer finds the vinifying process a bore, and he doesn’t care about drinking great vintages himself.

From New York Times ● May 9, 2020

“As people are paying more attention to their vineyards, that increasingly leads to winemakers vinifying different parcels separately.”

From New York Times ● Dec. 21, 2017