the method or process of changing grapes into wine
vinification in American English
(ˌvɪnəfɪˈkeiʃən)
noun
the process of making wine
Word origin
[1875–80; vini- + -fication]This word is first recorded in the period 1875–80. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: cross-fertilization, pressure point, slime mold, weekend, weekender-fication is a combining form of nouns of action or state corresponding to verbs ending in-fy. Other words that use the affix -fication include: deification, pacification