# wineology
## English
### Alternative forms

* wine-ology

### Etymology

From wine +‎ -ology.

### Noun

wineology (uncountable)
* The study of wine.
** 1835, [William Beckford], Recollections of an Excursion to the Monasteries of Alcobaça and Batalha, London: Richard Bentley, page 65:Dr. Ehrhart protested no country under the sun equaled Portugal for curiosities in mineralogy, theology, and wineology — which ology he was now convinced was the best of them all.
** 1947, Wage and Hour Cases, page 15:[…] Wine College, taking courses in wineology, physics, agriculture, mathematics, etc.
** 1975 August 24, Knauf, “Let’s chip in, buy Novitiate”, in Sunday Post-Crescent, page B-3:Editor John Torinus could enlighten us on wineology, crosscountry skiing, sailing and the joys and pains of being an editor.
** 1979 September 23, Len Wagner, “Tastes turn from lager to Lambrusco”, in Green Bay Press-Gazette, volume LXIV, number 86, Green Bay, Wis., page N-6:Others tell me how this wine or that is hearty, or robust, or full-bodied or dry or light. I don’t understand all this wineology, which obviously makes me something less than an authority on wine.
** 1982 May 12, Sandra Macias, “Truckee Meadows’ own little ol’ wine makers”, in Reno Evening Gazette, page 1E:Still, what’s missing from the above account is the ritual of homemade wine[-]ology: drinking the last of last year’s wine as you crush the first of a new year’s;
** 1995 March 1, Douglas Bailey, “Harvesting the new crop of wine books”, in The Boston Globe, volume 247, number 60, page 62:“The Oxford Companion to Wine,” edited by Jancis Robinson (Oxford University Press, $49.95). The mother of all wine reference books. Released late last year, it is a full 1,088 pages of wineology from abboccato (Italia for medium-sweet wine) to zwiegelt (Austria’s most popular dark-berried grape variety).
** 2008 June 7, Honolulu Star-Bulletin, volume 127, number 128, page D7:What’s more, there is a wineology class Saturday afternoon by noted winemaker Jim Clendenen.
** 2009 April 26, The Baltimore Sun, 172nd year, number 116, section “you”, page 2:Science Uncorked / Wineology 101 / Yes, it’s time to think outside of the box. Experts from the Wine Market aim to make selecting wines less intimidating with a seminar at the Maryland Science Center. Learn about taste zones, clarity and bouquet, and sample some of the “educational materials.”
** 2010 July 3, Tyrone Richardson, “State’s liquor stores hoping to make wine-buying easier”, in The Morning Call, page 15:The state’s wine consultants are trained in a series of wineology courses, workshops by vendors and frequent wine tastings.
** 2011 September 9, “Kapolei Array: More than 20 restaurants to converge for Taste”, in Honolulu Star-Advertiser, 130th year, number 221, page 23:From 1-3 p.m., attend a wineology seminar hosted by Rich Frank, owner of Frank Family Vineyards, while enjoying cuisine by Chef Hirabayashi in the Waialae Ballroom (price is $50 per person).
** 2013, Paul Angone, 101 Secrets For Your Twenties, Chicago: Moody Publishers:WINE 101 / Wineology is like chemistry class. You won’t understand a thing at first, but just as long as you don’t mix too many of the wrong terms together, hopefully nothing will blow up.

#### Synonyms

* oenology
* vinology