Definition of vintner
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: a wine merchant
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: a person who makes wine
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Napa vintners raised a record $16.9 million at their annual charity auction as demand for premium U.S. wine soars with the net worth of wealthy consumers.
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In Protestant Kallstadt, where volunteers diligently tend communal flower beds and vintners have run a cooperative for 116 years, Friedrich Trump was a popular guy.
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John Schwartz, who owns the Napa Valley wine brands Amuse Bouche and Coup de Foudre (and is also the vintner behind Ayesha Curry’s new wine) is now a partner in a Kentucky distillery, producing a 12-year bourbon called Lone Whisker.
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Minor came to be a vintner by the side door, through sales and management rather than by farming grapes or making wine.
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Throughout the week, more than 225 wineries allowed guests at various events to sample more than 800 wines from both domestic and international vintners.
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Since then, dozens of vintners have set up shop, specializing in wines that thrive in the region’s distinctive terroir.
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There will also be cooking demonstrations and wine from Israeli vintners.
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This bizarre combo can be traced in large part to the desperate efforts of vintners to piggyback on the enduring popularity of chocolate among Americans.
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Origin and Etymology of vintner
Middle English, alteration of vineter, from Anglo-French, from Medieval Latin vinetarius, from Latin vinetum vineyard, from vinum wine
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First Known Use: 15th century
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Definition of vintner for English Language Learners
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: a person who makes wine
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: a person who sells wine
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