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vintage

Pronunciation: /ˈvɪntɪdʒ/

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Definition of vintage

noun

1the year or place in which wine, especially wine of high quality, was produced:1982 is one of the best vintages of the century
a wine of high quality made from the crop of a single identified district in a good year.
[mass noun] literary wine.
the harvesting of grapes for winemaking: the work songs of the scything and the vintage
the grapes or wine produced in a particular season: they have released the 1988 vintage of their best-selling red wine he never lost a vintage through frost

2the time that something of quality was produced:rifles of various sizes and vintages

adjective

1relating to or denoting wine of high quality:vintage claret

2denoting something from the past of high quality, especially something representing the best of its kind:a vintage Sherlock Holmes adventure

Origin:

late Middle English: alteration (influenced by vintner) of earlier vendage, from Old French vendange, from Latin vindemia (from vinum 'wine' + demere 'remove')

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