'vineyard-related' is a modern English compound formed from the noun 'vineyard' and the adjective 'related', meaning 'connected to a vineyard'.

'Vineyard' itself comes from Old English elements related to 'vine' (from Latin 'vīnea' via Old French) and 'yard' (Old English 'geard', enclosure), while 'related' comes from the past participle of 'relate' (Latin 'relatus'). These elements were combined in Modern English to form descriptive compounds like 'vineyard-related'.

Initially the parts ('vineyard' and 'related') had their own senses (an enclosure for vines; 'brought back'/'connected'), and over time the compound came to mean simply 'connected with a vineyard' in contemporary usage.