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  • verb Present participle of vinify.

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Examples

  • More and more farmers who used to sell to the giant Champagne houses are vinifying their own grapes.

    Here's to a Very Good Year: 10 Wine Resolutions Jay McInerney 2011

  • A Note on the Wines: Collio is long esteemed for its whites (it's been vinifying for centuries).

    Barry Yourgrau: With the World's Best Young Chefs -- "Cooking It Raw" in Pasolini Country 2010

  • One company -- Carmel -- dominated the industry, vinifying about 70% of the country's total grape harvest.

    Israel's New Revolution in Quality 2008

  • All over the globe winemakers are putting aside their qualms and taking quality red grapes like Grenache, Mourvèdre, Cinsault, Tempranillo, and even Pinot Noir and vinifying them with minimal skin contact to end up with a wine that combines crispness, roundness, and bright fruit.

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  • Each parcel is vinified separately, hence the small size of the vats 15–20 hectoliters and the practice of vinifying directly in barrel.

    The World’s Greatest Wine Estates Jr. Robert M. Parker 2005

  • Genius winemaker Jean Baumard, who retired in the mid-1990s, was a consummate professional and the leading technician of the Loire Valley, meticulously growing grapes and even more meticulously vinifying them.

    The World’s Greatest Wine Estates Jr. Robert M. Parker 2005

  • Each parcel is vinified separately, hence the small size of the vats 15–20 hectoliters and the practice of vinifying directly in barrel.

    The World’s Greatest Wine Estates Jr. Robert M. Parker 2005

  • Each parcel is vinified separately, hence the small size of the vats 15–20 hectoliters and the practice of vinifying directly in barrel.

    The World’s Greatest Wine Estates Jr. Robert M. Parker 2005

  • Genius winemaker Jean Baumard, who retired in the mid-1990s, was a consummate professional and the leading technician of the Loire Valley, meticulously growing grapes and even more meticulously vinifying them.

    The World’s Greatest Wine Estates Jr. Robert M. Parker 2005

  • Genius winemaker Jean Baumard, who retired in the mid-1990s, was a consummate professional and the leading technician of the Loire Valley, meticulously growing grapes and even more meticulously vinifying them.

    The World’s Greatest Wine Estates Jr. Robert M. Parker 2005

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