winery

[ wahy-nuh-ree ]

noun

, plural win·er·ies.

1. an establishment for making wine.

winery

/ ˈwaɪnərɪ /

noun

1. a place where wine is made

Word History and Origins

Origin of winery¹

An Americanism dating back to 1880–85; wine + -ery

Example Sentences

There she faces a family history she didn’t know she’d been encouraged to outrun; meanwhile, she’s also trying to modernize the local female-led winery — a goal made all the harder by the rake of a man who helps run it, whom Gala can’t seem to get away from.

From Los Angeles Times

Before the Navy arrived, Point Molate was famed for Winehaven, a red-brick winery, worker housing and a shipping port constructed to keep California wine flowing after the 1906 earthquake destroyed much of San Francisco.

From Los Angeles Times

The same year, Pitt sued Jolie for acting in violation of contractual rights when she sold her portion of the former couple's French winery; Jolie subsequently hit her ex with a countersuit pertaining to the reported plane incident.

From Salon

We knew that those three pillars provide a pretty strong foundation for a small winery, and we figured the same thing could happen with cannabis.

From Los Angeles Times

One of the fun things about touring a winery is getting to see some of that behind-the-scenes magic before you hit the tasting room: the immense stainless steel vats, the wooden barrels stacked floor to ceiling, the bottles clattering along an assembly line.

From Los Angeles Times