vintner

noun

vint·​ner ˈvint-nər 

1

: a wine merchant

2

: a person who makes wine

Examples of vintner in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

As early as the 19th century, vintners began experimenting with dealcoholized wine using a process known as vacuum distillation. — Erik Kirschbaum, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2026

The winery has three generations of female vintner ownership, with five generations of farming in the family. — Melissa May, CBS News, 18 Sep. 2026

About 90% of the winery’s business is growing and crushing grapes to produce bulk wine for other vintners, some of which are also navigating the Canadian market loss. — Lizzie Kane, Sacbee.com, 17 Sep. 2026

Fess Parker, who portrayed Davy Crockett and Daniel Boone before becoming a Santa Barbara vintner, lived there, as did Samuel Battistone, founder of the Sambo’s restaurant chain and the original owner of the Utah Jazz. — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 11 Aug. 2026

Word History

Etymology

Middle English, alteration of vineter, from Anglo-French, from Medieval Latin vinetarius, from Latin vinetum vineyard, from vinum wine

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Kids Definition

vintner

noun

vint·​ner ˈvint-nər 

: a person who makes or sells wine