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winelore

winelore noun: knowledge of the history and craft of wine and winemaking; oenology.

Noun

winelore (uncountable)

  1. Knowledge of the history and craft of wine and winemaking; oenology.
    • I am not going into the subject of ampelography or viticulture, yet it is a part of common winelore to know that the kind of vine is the most important element in determining the quality of the wine.1873, Robert Druitt, Report on the Cheap Wines from France, Germany, Italy, Austria, Greece, Hungary, and Australia: Their Use in Diet and Medicine, page 7
    • The name will suggest, to those who have some winelore, no less a vintage than Château Yquem.1917, George Saintsbury, A History of the French Novel: From the Beginning to the Close of the 19th Century (Complete), Library of Alexandria, →ISBN

Examples of winelore in a sentence

  • During every one of their restaurant dates, Taylor had told her at least one winelore anecdote ...1986, Dan Lewandowski, Terry C. Cline, Worth Winning, Onyx, →ISBN:
  • I sometimes get so caught up in winelore that I forget that wine contains the drug alcohol.1996, Richard M. Gold, How and why to build a wine cellar, Wine Appreciation Guild, →ISBN:
  • But for all his patiently accumulated winelore, the 81-year-old pianist, arranger and composer is more a drinker than a collector.2000, The Wine Spectator:

Origin of winelore

From wine + lore.

Questions about winelore

What does winelore mean?
Winelore means knowledge of the history and craft of wine and winemaking; oenology.
How do you use winelore in a sentence?
During every one of their restaurant dates, Taylor had told her at least one winelore anecdote ...
What part of speech is winelore?
Winelore is a noun.

Words near winelore in the dictionary

  1. wineless
  2. winelessness
  3. winelike
  4. winelist
  5. winelists
  6. winelore
  7. winemaker
  8. winemakers
  9. winemaking
  10. winemakings
  11. Wineman

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