winemaking

[wahyn-mey-king]

noun

1. the procedures and processes carried out in the making make and maturing of wine; viniculture; vinification.

2. winegrowing.

Word History and Origins

Origin of winemaking¹

First recorded in 1805–15; wine + making

Example Sentences

After a stint in Paris, she took over the winemaking from her mother.

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France is one of the biggest foreign suppliers of wine to the US, and its winemaking industry has expressed anxiety about what the 20% EU tariffs will mean for their business.

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Since Red Stitch uses only purchased grapes, they must be schlepped to Herrera’s winemaking facilities as part of a heavily orchestrated process.

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Medical accounts of red wine headaches go back to Roman times, but the experience is likely as old as winemaking – something like 10,000 years.

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The grape was first bred in Germany in 1975, but only adopted in Scandinavia from 2004, after which winemaking took off.

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