VINTAGE Definition & Meaning

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vintage

[ vin-tij ]

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noun

the wine from a particular harvest or crop.
the annual produce of the grape harvest, especially with reference to the wine obtained.
an exceptionally fine wine from the crop of a good year.
the time of gathering grapes, or of winemaking.
the act or process of producing wine; winemaking.
the class of a dated object with reference to era of production or use:
a hat of last year's vintage.

adjective

of or relating to wines or winemaking.
being of a specified vintage:
Vintage wines are usually more expensive than nonvintage wines.
representing the high quality of a past time:
vintage cars;
vintage movies.
old-fashioned or obsolete:
vintage jokes.
being the best of its kind:
They praised the play as vintage O'Neill.

verb (used with object)

vintaged, vintaging.

to gather or harvest (grapes) for wine-making:
The muscats were vintaged too early.
to make (wine) from grapes:
a region that vintages a truly great champagne.

verb (used without object)

vintaged, vintaging.

to harvest grapes for wine-making.

vintage

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noun

the wine obtained from a harvest of grapes, esp in an outstandingly good year, referred to by the year involved, the district, or the vineyard
the harvest from which such a wine is obtained
1. the harvesting of wine grapes
2. the season of harvesting these grapes or for making wine
a time of origin
a car of Edwardian vintage
informal.
a group of people or objects of the same period
a fashion of last season's vintage

adjective

(of wine) of an outstandingly good year
representative of the best and most typical
vintage Shakespeare
of lasting interest and importance; venerable; classic
vintage films
old-fashioned; dated

verb

tr to gather (grapes) or make (wine)

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of vintage¹

First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English (noun), from Anglo-French, from vint(er) vintner + -age -age; replacing Middle English vendage, vindage, from Anglo-French; Old French vendange, from Latin ��ī�Ի�ŧ�� “grape-gathering,” equivalent to ��ī��(�ܳ�) “grape, wine” ( wine ) + ��ŧ��(��) “to take from” (from ��ŧ- de- + (e)mere “to buy, obtain, take”) + -ia -y ³

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of vintage¹

C15: from Old French vendage (influenced by vintener vintner ), from Latin ��Ի�ŧ��, from ��ī�Գܳ� wine , grape + ��ŧ�� to take away (from ��ŧ- away + emere to take)

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