🍷 Winery
A place where grapes are turned into wine.
A winery is a place where grapes are turned into wine. Grapes are received here, crushed, the juice is sent to ferment, the wine is aged and then bottled. A winery can be a small family workshop or a large plant with vats, pipes and a bottling line.
Grapes are brought from the vineyard in crates or in the back of a truck and processed right away. A winery has tanks, presses, pumps and often a wine cellar with barrels. The winemaker runs the work. The job is to choose the moment of harvest, watch the fermentation and decide how the wine will be aged.
In layout a winery resembles other places where a product ferments and matures. It is compared with a creamery or a dairy plant: vats, pipes, cleanliness and temperature control. Some wineries welcome visitors with tours and tastings. The word winery can mean the building itself or the whole business.
How it connects to Wine
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- Previous step
- 🍷 Winemaking, 🌿 Harvest crate
- Next step
- 🍷 Wine cellar
- What it yields
- 🍷 Wine
- Works with
- 🍷 Winemaker
- Part of
- 🍷 Winemaking
- Wine and milk
- 🏭 Cheese dairy, 🏭 Dairy plant
- In other topics
- 🏭 Olive oil mill
Frequently asked questions
What is a winery?
A place where grapes are turned into wine.
What happens at a winery?
Grapes are crushed, juice is fermented, wine is aged and bottled.
Who runs the work at a winery?
The winemaker.
What to read next
- 🏭 Cheese dairy — A workshop or plant where milk is coagulated and cheese pressed and ripened; the world made 27.3 million t of cheese in 2023 (FAO).
- 🌿 Harvest crate — A small crate or back basket for picked bunches.
- 🏭 Olive oil mill — A facility where oil is extracted from olives.
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