vintage
Meanings
noun
- 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.
adj
- Of or relating to a vintage, or to wine identified by a specific vintage.
- Having an enduring appeal; high-quality.
- Classic, or old enough to be recognizably outdated but not old enough to be antique (such as watches, video or computer games from the 1980s or 1990s, old magazines, etc.).
- built between the years 1919 and (usually) 1930 (or sometimes 1919 to 1925 in the USA).
- produced between the years 1870 and 1980.
- produced between the years of 1945 and 1970, during the post-war period.
verb
- To harvest (grapes).
- To make (wine) from grapes.
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Etymology
From Middle English vendage, vyndage, from Anglo-Norman vendenge, from Old French vendage, vendenge (cognate with French vendange), from Latin vindēmia (“a gathering of grapes, vintage”), from vīnum (“wine”) + dēmō (“take off or away, remove”), from de (“of; from, away from”) + emō (“take”).
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