Vintner - WineSpeed - Karen MacNeil

October 1, 2022

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Vintner

A person who makes or sells wine. Often used to describe the owner of a winery who may also employ a winemaker.

What was Dom Perignon’s first name?

A. Etienne

B. Dominic

C. Pierre

D. Jean-Martin

C.

Pierre. The term “Dom” is an honorific title for a monk. The word comes from the Latin dominus meaning “master.”

“Context is wildly underrated when it comes to enjoying wine. Where we are, whom we’re with, what time of year it is, what we are eating, when in the wine’s life—and ours—we are drinking it, and even how we are drinking it all influence our perceptions of wine.”

—Tyler Colman
A Year of Wine: Perfect Pairings, Great Buys, and What to Sip for Each Season

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