Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A tract of land where grapes are grown.
- noun A sphere of endeavor.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A plantation of grape-vines; literally, an inclosure or yard for vines.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun An inclosure or yard for grapevines; a plantation of vines producing grapes.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
grape plantation .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a farm of grapevines where wine grapes are produced
Etymologies
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Examples
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I find that farm work clears the mind, and the vineyard is a great place to prove theorems.
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Good timing during harvest season as the vineyard is full of folks ready for a party and celebration.
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Their vineyard is 18 years old and veteran vineyard manager Steve Mudd watches over the vines while Bruce Schneider of Schneider Vineyards makes the wines.
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This vineyard is right off Beartown Road adjacent to the winery and Route 14.
Vineyard Visuals 2009
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The thought of riding even the dorkiest, most Pee Wee Herman-ish bicycle through a French vineyard is almost more than I can bear!
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As best I can determine, the Niebaum-Coppola Estate vineyard is certified organic; but the rest of the wines produced under the Coppola name (many with the basic “California” appellation) are not.
Department of Greenwashing: Ceci La Luna lambrusco | Dr Vino's wine blog 2009
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I suppose a vineyard is rather too large for these methods, unless several people do the weeding on an almost constant basis.
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Jason Haas, general manager at Tablas Creek in Paso Robles, opens his books for us and walks us through his decision-making on whether a vineyard is worth developing to make a wine under $20.
Inventor of box wine, wineonomics, “sham” — sipped and spit | Dr Vino's wine blog 2010
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Deirdre Combs, who owns a home that overlooks the Calness vineyard, is worried development could ruin the area's rural character.
Land Dispute Blooms in Wine Country Jim Carlton 2010
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We use no pesticides and every element within our sustainably-farmed vineyard is native to the vineyard.
Is there an eco-certification premium but an eco-label discount? | Dr Vino's wine blog 2010
bilby commented on the word vineyard
Worth clicking the link below if you take ghoulish pleasure in watching a capable poet produce a shocker. One verse is as much as I can bear to post here:
With all its sinful doings, I must say,
That Italy’s a pleasant place to me,
Who love to see the sun shine every day,
And vines (not nailed to walls) from tree to tree
Festooned, much like the back scene of a play,
Or melodrame, which people flock to see,
When the first act is ended by a dance
In vineyard copied from the South of France.
- Lord Byron, Italy versus England.
October 9, 2008
yarb commented on the word vineyard
Reading the poem it's very much like an out-take from Don Juan, with its trademark vaunting, bathetic rhymes ("guttural / sputter all").
I think the last three stanzas are very funny - and as true today as ever!
Basically Byron is taking the piss here, and if anyone is allowed to do that, Byron is.
October 9, 2008