ampelographer

plural ampelographers

1. beveragesA practitioner of ampelography.

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   Scientists are just now devising a genetic test to distinguish one rootstock from another. Until they do, the only recourse is the arcane art of ampelography, in which the vines are identified by physical appearance. Like art authenticators, ampelographers practice a craft that they would have others think is a science.

   1993 October 17, Arthur Lubow, “What's Killing the Grapevines of Napa?”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

   Thus when sampling Verdello grapevines, the likelihood of picking up a vine that really isn't Verdello is high, and the skill of the ampelographer becomes of paramount importance. If the ampelographer mistakenly identifies one of the vines as Verdello […], the DNA profile of that grapevine will be taken to be that of Verdello; this DNA profile will then be the reference DNA for that research group's databank.

   2014, Ian D'Agata, Native Wine Grapes of Italy, University of California Press, →ISBN, page 21