winemaker
noun
wine·mak·er
ˈwīn-ˌmā-kər 
: a person who makes wine
specifically
: one who supervises the wine-making process at a winery
Examples of winemaker in a Sentence
the biggest winemaker in Napa Valley
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Patrick Reuter, winemaker at Dominio IV Wines, notes that Yamhill-Carlton has a convex hillside tilting to the Northeast.
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Emily Cappiello, Forbes.com, 7 May 2025
Such a move would be crushing for French and Italian winemakers, and policymakers from those countries voiced alarm.
Whiskey, which triggered that response, is now expected by many to be dropped from the final list.
—Jeanna Smialek, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2025
In this way, Aube’s winemakers, already under pressure introduced by the freshly formalized terroir boundaries, unwittingly became victims of a burgeoning police surveillance system as well.
—The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 28 Apr. 2025
Additionally, winemakers Kim and Tennille Chalmers (Chalmers) will showcase wines produced from their family’s vineyards in Victoria: Heathcote and Merbein.
—Los Angeles Times, 25 Apr. 2025
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Emily Cappiello, Forbes.com, 7 May 2025
Such a move would be crushing for French and Italian winemakers, and policymakers from those countries voiced alarm.
Whiskey, which triggered that response, is now expected by many to be dropped from the final list.
—Jeanna Smialek, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2025
In this way, Aube’s winemakers, already under pressure introduced by the freshly formalized terroir boundaries, unwittingly became victims of a burgeoning police surveillance system as well.
—The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 28 Apr. 2025
Additionally, winemakers Kim and Tennille Chalmers (Chalmers) will showcase wines produced from their family’s vineyards in Victoria: Heathcote and Merbein.
—Los Angeles Times, 25 Apr. 2025
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“Winemaker.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/winemaker. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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