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a person who turns crushed fruit and patience into liquid storytelling worth dying over.
means A person who makes or sells wine, especially one who deals in it commercially.
from From Anglo-French vineter, itself from Medieval Latin vinetarius, all rooted in Latin vinum, "wine" — the same vine that gave us "vine," "vineyard," and "vinegar" (literally "sour wine"). The word arrived in English in the Middle Ages, when the wine trade between France and England was busy enough to need its own job title.
- origin
- From Latin vinetarius, meaning wine seller.
- the nose
- Trained noses detect over 1,000 distinct wine aromas.
- old hands
- Some vines outlive their vintners by centuries.
- foot work
- Traditional grape stomping still happens in parts of Portugal.
- vintage gamble
- One bad weather week can ruin a year's bottle.
opus one — napa valley winery founded 1979 by robert mondavi and baron philippe de rothschild
antinori family — florentine wine dynasty producing tuscan wines since 1385
screaming eagle — napa valley cabernet producer whose 1992 vintage sold for $500,000 at auction in 2000