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vigneron

American  
[veenyuh-rawn] / vinyəˈrɔ̃ /

noun

French.
vignerons plural
  1. a winemaker.


vigneron British  
/ viɲrɔ̃, ˈviːnjərɒn /

noun

  1. a person who grows grapes for winemaking

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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noun

Etymology

Origin of vigneron

French, from vigne vine

Example Sentences

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Wash it down with a flinty Marsanne wine from Âmevive, made by noted vigneron Alice Anderson, whose vineyard is located on a regenerative farm nearby.

From Seattle Times • May 5, 2022

She once quoted to me Hubert de Montille, an influential vigneron in the Côte de Beaune, with whom she worked.

From New York Times • Sep. 2, 2021

Its modern incarnation was shepherded into existence by Jules Lafon, a respected Meursault vigneron who invited his neighbors to celebrate with a banquet lunch at his estate in 1923.

From New York Times • Mar. 10, 2020

“Winemaking seems a lot like cooking,” I said to Franck Michaud, the head vigneron, or winemaker, the day I assisted him in the cuverie.

From New York Times • Sep. 20, 2016

But, in excess, they are a source of considerable anxiety to the vigneron, in that they are the cause of much of the wine going wrong.

From The Art of Living in Australia ; together with three hundred Australian cookery recipes and accessory kitchen information by Mrs. H. Wicken by Muskett, Philip E.

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