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viticulturist

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[vit-i-kuhl-cher-ist, vahy-ti-] / ˌvɪt ɪˈkʌl tʃər ɪst, ˌvaɪ tɪ- /

noun

  • viticulturists
    plural
  1. an expert or specialist in viticulture; a winegrower.


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Jesús Martínez Bujanda Mora, CEO and fifth-generation owner at Valdemar, is confident his young winemaker and viticulturist is up to the challenge of her first harvest, and many more, as head winemaker.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 4, 2022

In 1989, University of California, Davis plant geneticist and viticulturist Andrew Walker inherited grapevine seeds that he was told were produced from crossbreeding two known Vitis species.

From Salon ● Jul. 21, 2021

They have devoted a plot to 90 experimental varieties bred by Cliff Ambers, an iconoclastic viticulturist who pollinates native grape vines with pollen from European vinifera varieties.

From Washington Post ● May 10, 2019

As a chemist and winemaker/ viticulturist I could not understand the logic behind your assertion so I did a little research.

From New York Times ● Dec. 12, 2014

With the grape, too, palm of merit goes with skill in culture; among all who grow plants, only the florist can rival the viticulturist in guiding the development of a plant to a special end.

From Manual of American Grape-Growing by U. P. Hedrick

In his memoir, he wrote about being one of the first viticulturists to produce wine with grapes native to the area rather than European varieties.

From Washington Post ● Oct. 18, 2022

Ironically, concern about the environment and climate change is leading today’s viticulturists to take a second look at hybrid and native varieties.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 14, 2022

Former students are now viticulturists helping improve grape growing in New Mexico, Pennsylvania, New York and elsewhere.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 27, 2022

MON Showcase of female winemakers, owners and viticulturists, 4:30 p.m.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 19, 2018

Heavy taxation, however, amounting to 55% of the value of the wine, broke the spirit of the viticulturists, most of whom uprooted their vines and replanted their lands with mulberry trees, making sericulture their occupation.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 4 "G" to "Gaskell, Elizabeth" by Various

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