In connection with viticulture there is a wealth of old customs, often of only regional significance. However, many old professions have died out or are no longer necessary due to new technologies. Unfortunately, many customs are also no longer maintained. The current professions or functions in viticulture or the relevant institutions and training centres are listed under viticulture training. Information in connection with the topic customs can be found under:
- Amper - vessel for filling wine barrels
- Bacchanalia (wine god Bacchus) - ancient festivals in Rome
- Farmers' rules (farmer's calendar, lostage) - Weather forecasts
- Axe - Sheet pile
- Binger pencil - Rhine-Hessian term for corkscrew
- Brotherhood drinking - the Du word with wine/alcohol
- Buschenschank (broom bar, ostrich bar) - Wine bar
- Buttenstecken (Buttenstock) - Counting stick during the grape harvest
- Cellerar - Monastery administrator
- Champagne pyramid - a record with 33,081 glasses
- Steam pipe and steam whistle - Ventilation shaft in the wine cellar
- Dionysia (Bacchanalia) - ancient festivals in Greece
- Frost saints - Mamertus (11 May), Pankratius (12., Servatius (13.), Boniface (14.)
- Eucharist (thanksgiving) - Christian communion at Holy Mass
- Barrel slide - sliding down from a giant barrel
- Drum latch - Closure part for drums
- Bottle tops - see under Sabrieren
- Friedweinberg - special form of burial
- Morningpint (brunch) - Drink in the morning
- Fuhrfass (carter barrel) - barrel for wine transport
- Fürtuch (Fürta, Firta) - Winegrower apron
- Gait - see under lap koa
- Fermentation grid - Device for the escape of the fermentation gas
- Mountain shooting - start of the grape harvest
- Grea (Green) - Thanksgiving
- Autumn decoration - Woman with the last grape at the grape harvest - Sliding from a giant barrel
- Herbstschmüerel - festival at the end of the grape harvest
- Autumn carriage - carriage of the winegrowers at the grape harvest festival
- Heuriger - wine tavern and last year's wine)
- Imbs - Snack in the vineyard
- Kalmuck-Janker - winemaker jacket
- Kantharos - Drinking vessel for wine
- Cellar cat - cat on the best barrel of the wine cellar
- Kellerkörbl (Kellerzeger) - container for wine bottle transport
- Cellar party (cellar hour) - meeting in a wine cellar
- Cellar law - unwritten laws in a wine cellar
- Cellar key - tool and symbol
- Candle sample (candle sample) - Testing for carbon dioxide during fermentation
- Klapotetz - acoustic repellent against birds in the vineyard
- Corkage fee - bringing bottles with you
- Kottabos - Skill game ancient Greece
- Krugrecht - Right to serve drinks commercially
- Latfass (loading barrel) - special barrel during the grape harvest
- Leitgeben - Right to serve wine
- Lesehof - communal cellar for the grape harvest
- Martini - Martini praise, wine baptism on 11 November
- Métayage (french Grangère, Vigneronnage) - Half lease, part lease
- Cupbearer - official responsible for drinks
- Gathering (Wolfeln) - harvesting of remaining grapes after grape harvest
- Neumagen wine ship - antique find in Neumagen (Moselle)
- Oinochoe - wine vessel
- Press house - space for the pressing process
- Cheers (toast to cheers) - toasting with glass
- Rausch - History with stories about rituals and protagonists
- Reb moon - full moon in September
- Vine sponsorship - rent of vines plus yield
- Vine tears (vine blood, vine water) - vine plant juice during pruning
- Pouring pure wine - telling the truth bluntly
- Records - special features of viticulture
- Sabrating - opening a champagne bottle with a saber
- Salamander - Ritual of drinking
- Satyricon - moral image and drinking culture in ancient Rome
- Christening of a ship - inauguration of a new ship
- Schmollis offer - you-word offer or brotherhood drink
- Schoßkoa (Gait) - wooden trough
- Sechterl - small vessel for must or wine
- Strainer tank (strainer bottom, strainer grate) - device for draining the must during pressing
- Steinernes Bilderbuch - Relief with scenes from the bible
- Symposium (drinking session with witty conversations)
- Tavern (tavern bar, Taferne) - Wine bar
- Thyrsos rod (bacchus rod) - fertility symbol in ancient Greece
- Törggelen (Winegrowers' Festival) - South Tyrolean Wine Festival
- Sacrifice - Ritual at sea
- Drinking king - function at feasts in ancient Rome
- Toasts - from over 70 countries from Egypt to Cyprus
- Ungeld (Umgeld, Ohmgeld, Böspfennig) - Excise and sales tax on wine
- Vigneronnage (lease) - see under Métayage
- Weck, Worscht un Woi - Rhine-Franconian for rolls, sausage and wine
- Weinbeergeiß (grape berrygoaß) - carry it with you at harvest
- Weinberl - Austrian dialect expressions for grape and grape berry
- Vine flower (Christmas rose wine)
- Weinbruderschaft - Association for the cultivation of wine culture
- Vineyard guard - old function for supervision in the vineyard before the harvest
