viniferous

[ vahy-nif-er-uhs, vi- ]

adjective

1. suitable for or used in winemaking:

   a viniferous variety of grape.

viniferous

/ vɪˈnɪfərəs /

adjective

1. wine-producing

Word History and Origins

Origin of viniferous¹

1825–35; < Latin vīnifer ( vini-, -fer ) + -ous

Example Sentences

From their original 20 wines they picked four that act like the primary colours of a spectrum of viniferous flavours.

From Economist

On the list in Maryland at Viniferous in Frederick.

From Washington Post

Despite all the remarkable improvements we have seen over recent decades in the wines from Italy, Spain, America, Australia etc., a revelatory wine experience last night reaffirmed what I have long known: at the very apex of the wine world, at the rarified heights on viniferous Olympus, great French wines remain unchallenged.

From Forbes

The Chianti world was on a path of viniferous redemption.

From Forbes

Every hill once gave its own epithet to wines celebrated in longs and shorts of immortal celebrity, whereas the land round Rome could never have been viniferous.

From Project Gutenberg