grapewise

English

Etymology

grape +‎ -wise

Adverb

grapewise (not comparable)

1. In the manner of a grape or grapes.
   • 1927, Wallace Bertram Nichols, Prometheus in Piccadilly, page 84:

     That innocence may tread on innocence / And crush it grapewise to a morbid wine

2. In terms of grapes.
   • 1985, Punch, volume 288, page 51:

     Grapewise, it [New Zealand] thus behaves much more like northern Europe and, unfettered by tradition, the youthful and tiny wine industry has been able to plant varieties of wine that top the league table on this side of the globe.

   • 2015, Sean McCabe, Breakfast in Woodside Vol 1, page 122:

     It [the wine] was five dollars more expensive than the bottle this Mr. Foley had ordered but grapewise it was along the same lines and Frederick did not honestly think that Mr. Foley would be checking the prices on the bill.