vintage, time of origin
(noun) the oldness of wines
vintage
(noun) a season’s yield of wine from a vineyard
Source: WordNet® 3.1
vintage (countable and uncountable, plural vintages)
The yield of grapes or wine from a vineyard or district during one season.
Wine, especially high-quality, identified as to year and vineyard or district of origin.
The harvesting of a grape crop and the initial pressing of juice for winemaking.
The year or place in which something is produced.
vintage (comparative more vintage, superlative most vintage)
(attributively) Of or relating to a vintage, or to wine identified by a specific vintage.
(attributively) Having an enduring appeal; high-quality.
(attributively) Classic (such as watches, video or computer games from the 1980s and early 1990s, old magazines, etc.).
(Of a motor car) built between the years 1919 and (usually) 1930 (or sometimes 1919 to 1925 in the USA).
(Of a watch) produced between the years 1870 and 1980.
vintage (third-person singular simple present vintages, present participle vintaging, simple past and past participle vintaged)
(transitive) To harvest (grapes).
(transitive) To make (wine) from grapes.
• Vigeant, vagient
Source: Wiktionary
Vint"age (; 48), n. Etym: [Corrupted by influence of vintner, vintry, from OE. vindage, vendage, for vendange, OF. vendenge, F. vendange, from L. vindemia; vinum wine, grapes + demere to take off; de + emere, originally, to take. See Wine, Redeem, and cf. Vindemial.]
1. The produce of the vine for one season, in grapes or in wine; as, the vintage is abundant; the vintage of 1840.
2. The act or time of gathering the crop of grapes, or making the wine for a season. Vintage spring, a wine fount.
– Vintage time, the time of gathering grapes and making wine. Milton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
31 January 2025
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