Recent Examples on the WebCatena’s father, Nicolás, first settled on the Adrianna site in 1992 after renowned French vintner Jacques Lurton said that the family’s Catena Malbec tasted like a Cabernet from the Languedoc, a warm French region known at the time for an over-ripe style of red wine.—Mike Desimone and Jeff Jenssen, Robb Report, 9 Apr. 2024 The dishes are fresh, flavorful and handcrafted by the husbands who’ve weaved a life of hospitality from hoteliers to vintners and chefs.—Joe Sills, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2024 Not so, according to Dr. Laura Catena, a fourth-generation vintner at Argentina’s Catena Wines.—Erica Duecy, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2024 Festival guests will enjoy limited-release Santa Lucia Highlands wines poured by the vintners themselves, plus live music and gourmet bites.—Brittany Delay, The Mercury News, 28 Feb. 2024 The wine with lunch tasting model is a familiar setting in Europe, where multi-course lunches cooked by vintner themselves offer guests more than a swirl and a spit.—Joe Sills, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2024 Preserving flavor Most vintners will tell you that wine is fragile and that light and temperature can affect its shelf life and drinking quality.—Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024 Only a few vintners remain, but today, these holdouts are making some of Italy’s most distinctive wines.—Julia Buckley, Travel + Leisure, 18 Nov. 2023 Kenward was on the steering committee for the inaugural Auction Napa Valley in 1981, established by a group of vintners that included Robert Mondavi and his wife Margrit.—Mike Desimone and Jeff Jenssen, Robb Report, 14 Aug. 2023
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Word History
Etymology
Middle English, alteration of vineter, from Anglo-French, from Medieval Latin vinetarius, from Latin vinetum vineyard, from vinum wine
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