vintner •\ˈvint-nər\• noun 1. someone who sells wine 2. someone who makes wine The word vintner has appeared in 72 New York Times articles in the past year, including on May 3 in "From Garden State to Vineyard State" by Kate Zernike: New Jersey had a prodigious wine industry before Prohibition, but has produced mostly fruit wine. The newer vintners are planting European varieties - some adamantly refuse to grow even blueberries, once the state's bumper crop. The move to wine is an attempt to make more money where produce farms are no longer profitable: as you drive the various spurs of the wine trail, it can sometimes seem as if housing subdivisions and vineyards were battling for control of farmland. Learn more about the word "vintner" and see usage examples across a range of subjects on the Vocabulary dictionary.