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vigneron

American  
[veenyuh-rawn] / vinyəˈrɔ̃ /

noun

French.

plural

vignerons
  1. a winemaker.


vigneron British  
/ viɲrɔ̃, ˈviːnjərɒn /

noun

  1. a person who grows grapes for winemaking

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Etymology

Origin of vigneron

French, from vigne vine

Example Sentences

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Wash it down with a flinty Marsanne wine from Âmevive, made by noted vigneron Alice Anderson, whose vineyard is located on a regenerative farm nearby.

From Seattle Times • May 5, 2022

It was a soulful, graceful, strikingly pure red from the Aveyron region of southwestern France made by Nicolas Carmarans, a vigneron who makes natural wines from grapes that have long grown in the area.

From New York Times • Mar. 21, 2022

Its modern incarnation was shepherded into existence by Jules Lafon, a respected Meursault vigneron who invited his neighbors to celebrate with a banquet lunch at his estate in 1923.

From New York Times • Mar. 10, 2020

Tuxedos and evening gowns were the images of Champagne, not the dirt-encrusted boots of the vigneron.

From New York Times • Jul. 19, 2018

A somewhat inferior vintage suddenly assumed a bouquet which surpassed the finest cru ever dreamt of by Marne valley vigneron.

From The Captain of the Kansas by Tracy, Louis