Winemaker

They are generally employed by wineries or wine companies, where their work includes: Today, these duties require an increasing amount of scientific knowledge, since laboratory tests are gradually supplementing or replacing traditional methods.

[2] Due to the close political and commercial ties between Bordeaux and England during the 14th and early 15th centuries, vintners were among the more important people in London with winemakers being four times mayor of the city under the reign of Edward II.

The word connotes or emphasizes the critical role that vineyard placement and maintenance has in the production of high-quality wine.

[citation needed] Négociant is the French term for a wine merchant who assembles the produce of smaller growers and winemakers and sells the result under its own name.

[10] Well-known négociants in Burgundy are Maison Louis Jadot, Joseph Drouhin, and Vincent Girardin; in Beaujolais, Georges Duboeuf; in Provence, Mirabeau;[11] and in the Rhône region, Guigal, Jaboulet, Jean-Luc Colombo, Chapoutier, and Famille Perrin.