Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A wine-grower; one who cultivates grapes.

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  • noun A person who grows vines for wine production.
  • noun A labourer in a vineyard.

Etymologies

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From French

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Examples

  • We try to conceal our hound-dog expressions, but the idea of eating "chez le vigneron" is just too much.

    triporteur (Italy, part 3) - French Word-A-Day 2006

  • Jumping out of the car, in the depths of a bitterly cold, damp November, when I visited, amid one of the region's famous downpours, I wondered how on earth any vigneron can grow grapes in such an inhospitable, northern climate.

    2010: The Year of the Burgundy Will Lyons 2012

  • Pierre Gaillard is a sunny and gregarious vigneron whose seriously dirty fingernails testify to his passion for his vines, though he's also a well-traveled connoisseur who can speak knowledgeably about California cabs and German Rieslings.

    The Bacony Goodness of Côte-Rôtie Jay McInerney 2011

  • A brief climb in the vineyards above the village of Ampuis with the spry young vigneron Stéphane Ogier left me dizzy and breathless, which turned out to be a happier condition than the terror I experienced later, driving the dirt-road switchbacks with another winemaker, Éric Texier.

    The Bacony Goodness of Côte-Rôtie Jay McInerney 2011

  • First, let me say that I am neither vigneron nor winemaker.

    Evan Dawson 2009

  • To see where some of the region's finest wine is actually made, I visited Taverne Vigneronne in nearby Tournissan where fourth generation vigneron Didier Roux gave me a tour of his vineyard and distillery.

    Richard Powell: PHOTOS: A Holiday Spent Amongst The Wineries Of Languedoc Richard Powell 2011

  • While weather conditions have certainly dominated conversation among both harvest workers and vigneron (can anyone say scorching heat or torrential downpours?), I have been preoccupied with more immediate matters -- namely, my hands.

    main - French Word-A-Day 2009

  • Martin Ramin for The Wall Street Journal Domaine de la Louvetrie Le Fief du Breil 2009 Domaine de la Louvetrie Le Fief du Breil, $18 Mustachioed Muscadet vigneron Jo Landron is widely regarded as one of the leading producers of the region, turning out consistently characterful wines such as this single-vineyard offering.

    Cheap but Charming: Dipping Into Muscadet Lettie Teague 2011

  • To see where some of the region's finest wine is actually made, I visited Taverne Vigneronne in nearby Tournissan where fourth generation vigneron Didier Roux gave me a tour of his vineyard and distillery.

    Richard Powell: PHOTOS: A Holiday Spent Amongst The Wineries Of Languedoc Richard Powell 2011

  • This old-vine cuvée from star vigneron Marc Olivier is a bright, clean, dry and citrusy wine with particularly bracing acidity.

    Cheap but Charming: Dipping Into Muscadet Lettie Teague 2011

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