"winelore" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: From wine + lore. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|wine|lore}} wine + lore Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} winelore (uncountable)
  1. Knowledge of the history and craft of wine and winemaking; enology. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-winelore-en-noun-~tkiqWhW Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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          "ref": "1873, Robert Druitt, Report on the Cheap Wines from France, Germany, Italy, Austria, Greece, Hungary, and Australia: Their Use in Diet and Medicine, page 7",
          "text": "I am not going into the subject of ampelography or viticulture, yet it is a part of common winelore to know that the kind of vine is the most important element in determining the quality of the wine.",
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          "ref": "1917, George Saintsbury, A History of the French Novel: From the Beginning to the Close of the 19th Century (Complete), Library of Alexandria",
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          "ref": "1996, Richard M. Gold, How and why to build a wine cellar, Wine Appreciation Guild",
          "text": "I sometimes get so caught up in winelore that I forget that wine contains the drug alcohol.",
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          "ref": "2000, The Wine Spectator",
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