1. people who buy and sell goods, especially wine merchants who purchase grapes or wine from producers to blend, age, and market under their own label
Usage: business; wine industry

Examples

• The French negotiants purchased grapes from several small vineyards.
• Many Burgundy negotiants have been in business for generations.
• The negotiants blended wines from different regions to create their signature bottle.
• Local negotiants offer a wide selection of regional wines.
• The negotiants’ warehouse stored thousands of barrels of aging wine.
• Small producers often sell their entire harvest to established negotiants.