Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun One that owns a vineyard and produces wine.

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  • noun a person or company that owns a vineyard and produces wine

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Examples

  • And, since receiving a small vineyard as a 50th-birthday present, a winegrower too.

    A Foie Gras Tour de France Marlowe Hood 2011

  • When you are speaking to a winegrower, you will know pretty quickly whether you are dealing with a lazy grower who just evolves elegant rationalization for the shortcuts he wants to take vs. a grower who really does care but, for a variety of reasons, has been unable to go all the way to certified organic viticulture.

    Adam Morganstern: Terry Theise: Reading Between The Wines 2010

  • When you are speaking to a winegrower, you will know pretty quickly whether you are dealing with a lazy grower who just evolves elegant rationalization for the shortcuts he wants to take vs. a grower who really does care but, for a variety of reasons, has been unable to go all the way to certified organic viticulture.

    Adam Morganstern: Terry Theise: Reading Between The Wines 2010

  • When you are speaking to a winegrower, you will know pretty quickly whether you are dealing with a lazy grower who just evolves elegant rationalization for the shortcuts he wants to take vs. a grower who really does care but, for a variety of reasons, has been unable to go all the way to certified organic viticulture.

    Adam Morganstern: Terry Theise: Reading Between The Wines 2010

  • I'll admit that I'm an extreme case and that led me to change careers and become a winemaker and winegrower, a change that opened a whole new world of information to me.

    Wine Chick Wednesday: Sour Grapes 2008

  • One winegrower proclaimed that froth was only appropriate in "beer, chocolate, and whipped cream."

    'Encyclopedia of the Exquisite: An Anecdotal History of Elegant Delights' 2010

  • When you are speaking to a winegrower, you will know pretty quickly whether you are dealing with a lazy grower who just evolves elegant rationalization for the shortcuts he wants to take vs. a grower who really does care but, for a variety of reasons, has been unable to go all the way to certified organic viticulture.

    Adam Morganstern: Terry Theise: Reading Between The Wines 2010

  • Though what Jerome was talking about, having already told Nelson he was seriously considering separating from Brenda, was the story of Baron Philippe de Rothschild: the Baron, being a clever businessman, and, more important, a visionary, realized that much might be gained by joining forces with the California winegrower, Robert Mondavi.

    The New Yorker Stories Ann Beattie 2010

  • As one winegrower told me last year: "They don't want a facility that interferes with their viewshed."

    Death of the Dream 2009

  • Goode has given his MZM-related campaign donations to charity and still looks safe for reelection against Army veteran and winegrower Al Weed (D), whom he defeated in 2004 with 64% of the vote.

    Midterm Roundup 2009

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