wine route, noun phrase

A touring route comprising numerous vineyards (or wine farms) which are within easy driving distance of each other and are open to the public for wine-tasting, tours, and the sale of wine; such farms collectively; an area in which such a route may be followed. Also attributive.
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Suggested routes are shown on maps distributed by the wine industry, but the term is also applied to any devised or improvised route.
1971 Rand Daily Mail 28 July 17A trip along what has become known as ‘the wine route’ is an almost unrivalled experience.
1988 D. Hughes et al. Complete Bk of S. Afr. Wine 38The early 1970s..saw the introduction of one of the most popular innovations of recent years. This was the Stellenbosch Wine Route..which was opened in April, 1971 and which now includes..13..Wine Estates.
1989 P. Devereux in Style Dec. 22According to Captour, last year’s top attraction in the Cape was the cableway...Third came ‘the Wine Route’.
1992 E. Prov. Herald 30 June 10There will also be a..trattoria serving the passing wine-route trade.
A touring route comprising numerous vineyards (or wine farms) which are within easy driving distance of each other and are open to the public for wine-tasting, tours, and the sale of wine; such farms collectively; an area in which such a route may be followed. Also attributive.
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