Vintage (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

noun
  1. the wine from a particular harvest or crop.
  2. the annual produce of the grape harvest, especially with reference to the wine obtained.
  3. an exceptionally fine wine from the crop of a good year.
  4. the time of gathering grapes, or of winemaking.
  5. the act or process of producing wine; winemaking.
  6. the class of a dated object with reference to era of production or use: a hat of last year's vintage.
adjective
  1. of or relating to wines or winemaking.
  2. being of a specified vintage: Vintage wines are usually more expensive than nonvintage wines.
  3. representing the high quality of a past time: vintage cars;vintage movies.
  4. old-fashioned or obsolete: vintage jokes.
  5. being the best of its kind: They praised the play as vintage O'Neill.
verb (used with object), vin·taged, vin·tag·ing.
  1. to gather or harvest (grapes) for wine-making: The muscats were vintaged too early.
  2. to make (wine) from grapes: a region that vintages a truly great champagne.
verb (used without object), vin·taged, vin·tag·ing.
  1. to harvest grapes for wine-making.
noun
  1. 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
  2. the harvest from which such a wine is obtained
    • the harvesting of wine grapes
    • the season of harvesting these grapes or for making wine
  3. a time of origin
  4. a group of people or objects of the same period
adjective
  1. (of wine) of an outstandingly good year
  2. representative of the best and most typical
  3. of lasting interest and importance; venerable; classic
  4. old-fashioned; dated
verb
  1. to gather (grapes) or make (wine)
Vintage (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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