winelore

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.

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

The name will suggest, to those who have some winelore, no less a vintage than Château Yquem.

1917, George Saintsbury, A History of the French Novel: From the Beginning to the Close of the 19th Century (Complete), Library of Alexandria, →ISBN

In the first section, John Chandos, as the enquiring layman, would interrogate that genial high-priest of winelore, Andre Simon, while the second section would consist of recordings made in Burgundy itself.

1950, Laurence Gilliam, B. B. C. Features, London: Evans Brothers

During every one of their restaurant dates, Taylor had told her at least one winelore anecdote ...

1986, Dan Lewandowski, Terry C. Cline, Worth Winning, Onyx, →ISBN

But for all his patiently accumulated winelore, the 81-year-old pianist, arranger and composer is more a drinker than a collector.

2000, The Wine Spectator