winery

noun

win·​ery ˈwī-nə-rē How to pronounce winery (audio)
ˈwīn-rē
plural wineries
: a wine-making establishment

Examples of winery in a Sentence

We took a tour of the winery.
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Good to note that this is a family-run winery making organically farmed wine from Oregon’s Yamhill-Carlton AVA. Katie Kelly Bell, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024 Allowing the grapes to speak for themselves, Brewer utilizes a gravity-flow winery and works with neutral barrels that have already seen between 10 and 25 years of use. Mike Desimone and Jeff Jenssen, Robb Report, 4 Nov. 2024 An interior courtyard blooms with chin-high hydrangeas and Chinese plumbago, and there are cases of Chateau Clarisse, a winery in Bordeaux run by the owners of the hotel, stacked in the creamy Italian marble bar. Jo Rodgers, Vogue, 4 Nov. 2024 Their weekend involved a hoedown, hot air balloons and a sunset ceremony in the ruins of an old Napa winery. Alex Ritman, Variety, 30 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for winery 

Word History

First Known Use

1882, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of winery was in 1882

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“Winery.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/winery. Accessed 24 Nov. 2024.

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