artisanal

adjective ar·ti·san·al \ ˈär-tə-zə-nᵊl , -sə- , -ˌza- ; är-ˈti-sə-nᵊl \

|Updated on: 10 Jul 2018

Definition of artisanal

1 : of, relating to, or characteristic of an artisan

artisanal skills

artisanal ingredients

2 : produced in limited quantities by an artisan through the use of traditional methods

artisanal bread/cheese/wine

; also : creating a product in limited quantities by traditional methods

an artisanal winery

an artisanal cheese maker

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artisanally

adverb

Recent Examples of artisanal from the Web

Anheuser responded to the craft-beer boom by developing its own artisanal styles and buying stakes in a number of small breweries.

— benjamin shull, WSJ, "‘Barrel-Aged Stout and Selling Out’ Review: Windy City Windfall," 5 July 2018
For their part, the artisanal CBD community has called on the FDA to show discretion in its enforcement actions.

— andrew joseph, STAT, "Archived chat: STAT on Marijuana-based medicine and drug development," 28 June 2018
The lineup is like an artisanal Dairy Queen in drag.

— peter kispert, GQ, "How Big Gay Ice Cream Infiltrated Middle America's Freezers," 25 June 2018
Bob’s Well Bread, an artisanal bakery and cafe in the Santa Ynez Valley, is an idyllic rest stop 37 miles south of Pismo Beach.

— sharon boorstin, latimes.com, "Bounce in a dune buggy on a sandy weekend escape to Pismo Beach," 7 June 2018
De Vine’s vermouth is one of many products putting Vancouver Island on the map as a center of premium artisanal spirits, and Henderson likens the innovative local distillers to artists experimenting with colors.

— nancy besharah, San Francisco Chronicle, "Five Vancouver Island hotspots for getting into the spirits," 9 Jan. 2018
At this weekend's Manhattan Cocktail Classic, many drinks were thrown back, recipes exchanged, and new artisanal spirits tested in order to find the biggest bar trends of the season.

— meghann foye, Redbook, "Meet Your New Vodka Soda Alternative," 20 May 2013
Roquefort, the pungent artisanal blue cheese from southwest France, was threatened with especially punitive 300 percent tariffs, prompting angry sheep farmers to storm a McDonald’s in the town of Millau, the center of the Roquefort-producing region.

— james b. stewart, New York Times, "What Trump Should Learn From the ‘Banana War’," 22 June 2018
There, the defining jobs involve fishing (shellfish and finfish), tourism, and artisanal work like making jewelry.

— evan horowitz, BostonGlobe.com, "Why regional economies still matter," 16 June 2018

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