Winemaker (Villager)

Create a Winemaker villager in Vinery by placing a Fermentation Barrel. Covers all 20 trades across five levels and tips for protecting your workstation.

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The Winemaker is Vinery’s own villager profession, and you’ll get one by putting a Fermentation Barrel down near a Villager who has no job. He takes the barrel as his workstation, and from then on he starts trading in grapes, seeds and the things you’d otherwise have to craft yourself.

The Winemaker is worth setting up early. A Novice already buys the grapes you’ve got too many of, and sells the seeds you’re short of, which turns a wild bush into a vineyard a lot faster than farming alone will.

There’s 20 trades across his 5 levels. All of them are read from the config file, so a modpack can change any of them, and the list below is the NeoForge default.

Obtaining

Place a Fermentation Barrel within reach of an unemployed Villager and he’ll claim it. Any Villager without a profession will do, so a spare barrel dropped in a village is enough to make one.

Wine Maker interacting with the Fermentation Barrel

Break the barrel and he loses the job again, which is the usual way to reroll trades you don’t like. Once the Winemaker reaches Apprentice though, the profession is locked and rerolling stops working.

Usage

Working Through the Levels

He levels the same way any villager does, which is by being traded with. Each level unlocks its own set of offers and the earlier ones stay available, so the list grows rather than rotating.

Winemaker Villager

All 20 default trades. Every one is a config value, so a modpack may differ.
Novice
Red Grape
Red Grape
x4
→
Emerald
Emerald
x5
White Grape
White Grape
x4
→
Emerald
Emerald
x5
Emerald
Emerald
x2
→
Red Grape Seeds
Red Grape Seeds
Emerald
Emerald
x2
→
White Grape Seeds
White Grape Seeds
Apprentice
Emerald
Emerald
→
Wine Bottle
Wine Bottle
Cherry
Cherry
→
Emerald
Emerald
x12
Emerald
Emerald
→
Apple Mash
Apple Mash
Journeyman
Emerald
Emerald
x7
→
White Grape Bag
White Grape Bag
Emerald
Emerald
x7
→
Red Grape Bag
Red Grape Bag
Emerald
Emerald
x7
→
Cherry Bag
Cherry Bag
Emerald
Emerald
x7
→
Apple Bag
Apple Bag
Expert
Emerald
Emerald
x12
→
Window
Window
Emerald
Emerald
x6
→
Dark Cherry Beam
Dark Cherry Beam
x4
Emerald
Emerald
x6
→
Emerald
Emerald
x2
→
Red Taiga Grape Seeds
Red Taiga Grape Seeds
Emerald
Emerald
x2
→
White Taiga Grape Seeds
White Taiga Grape Seeds
Master
Emerald
Emerald
x10
→
Wine Box
Wine Box
Emerald
Emerald
x4
→
Miss Lilitus Wine
Miss Lilitus Wine
Emerald
Emerald
x18
→
Winemaker Apron
Winemaker Apron
Emerald
Emerald
x12
→
Straw Hat
Straw Hat

Novice is the level you’ll spend the most time at. Selling him surplus grapes is the cheapest Emerald income in the mod, and the seeds he sells back are what let you plant properly, instead of hunting wild bushes.

The Trades Worth Waiting For

Expert is where the Winemaker starts saving you real work. A Grapevine Pot for 6 Emeralds is cheaper than the wood if you haven’t found a forest yet, and the Taiga seeds mean you never have to cross a mountain range to start a Taiga vineyard.

Some Trades offered by the Wine Maker

Master is about the armor. The Straw Hat at 12 Emeralds and the Winemaker Apron at 18 are the 2 pieces of the Winemaker set that need wool and farm materials to craft, so buying them skips the fiddliest part of the set.

Bags and Storage

Journeyman brings the bags, which are compressed storage in block form. A Red Grape Bag holds 9 grapes in a single block and doubles as decoration, so a wall of them is both a store and a display.

All 4 of the bags cost 7 Emeralds. That’s expensive next to crafting them, so they’re really worth buying only if you’re short on the fruit rather than the Emeralds.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do I get a Winemaker Villager?
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Place a Fermentation Barrel next to a Villager who has no profession and he’ll take the job. The barrel becomes his workstation, and you’ll see the Winemaker outfit appear once he’s claimed it.

Any unemployed Villager works, including one you’ve moved in yourself. Villagers who already have a job will just ignore the barrel.

What does the Winemaker Villager trade?
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20 trades across 5 levels. At Novice he buys Red and White Grapes and sells both seed types, then Apprentice adds Wine Bottles and Apple Mash, and Journeyman brings the 4 storage bags.

Expert is where the Grapevine Pot and the Taiga seeds appear, and Master sells the Straw Hat and the Winemaker Apron. Every one of these is a config value, so a modpack may well have changed them.

Can I buy the Winemaker Armor from him?
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Two pieces of it. A Master Winemaker sells the Straw Hat for 12 Emeralds and the Winemaker Apron for 18, which are the 2 that cost wool and farm materials to craft.

The Leggings and Boots aren’t traded at any level. Those have to be crafted, so the full set always needs some crafting, even with a Master to hand.

How do I reroll his trades?
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Break his Fermentation Barrel while he’s still a Novice, and then place it again. He loses the profession, picks it back up, and rolls a fresh set of offers.

This stops working once he reaches Apprentice. After that the profession is locked, and breaking the barrel only stops him restocking.