vintage

n.

1. The yield of wine or grapes from a vineyard or district during one season.
2. Wine, usually of high quality, identified as to year and vineyard or district of origin.
3. The year or place in which a wine is bottled.
4. 1. The harvesting of a grape crop.
   2. The initial stages of winemaking.
5. Informal.
   1. A group or collection of people or things sharing certain characteristics.
   2. A year or period of origin: a car of 1942 vintage.
   3. Length of existence; age.

adj.

1. Of or relating to a vintage.
2. Characterized by excellence, maturity, and enduring appeal; classic.
3. Old or outmoded.
4. 1. Of the best: played songs that were vintage Cole Porter.
   2. Of the most distinctive: “Fatalism has coexisted with vintage American overconfidence” (Thomas Oliphant).

[Middle English, from Anglo-Norman, alteration (influenced by viniter, vintner) of Old French vendange, from Latin vīndēmia : vīnum, grapes + dēmere, to take off (dē, de- + emere, to obtain).]

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The year of production of a wine, from the French vendage, for grape harvest. Used mainly for superior quality wines, when each year's production is matured separately. Ordinary and table wines (see wine classification) are not generally dated, and indeed the production from more than one year may be blended.

[VIHN-tihj] A term in the wine world that describes both the year of the actual grape harvest and the wine made from those grapes. In the United States, the label may list the vintage year if 95 percent of the wine comes from grapes harvested that year. If a blend of grapes from 2 or more years is used, the wine is nonvintage (NV), but that doesn't mean it's not as good as a vintage wine. Consumers should consider a vintage year only as a general guideline. An excellent year for a growing region translates to a generally superior quality-which means there are more choices for fine wines of that vintage. In the end, however, each wine must be judged on its own merit.

noun

A period of origin: year. See time.

adjective

1. Characterized by enduring excellence, appeal, and importance: classic, classical. See good/bad.
2. Of a style or method formerly in vogue: antiquated, antique, archaic, bygone, dated, dowdy, fusty, old, old-fashioned, old-time, outdated, outmoded, out-of-date, passé. See new/old.
3. Serving to identify or set apart an individual or group: characteristic, distinctive, individual, peculiar, typical. See same/different/compare.

adj

Definition: superior
Antonyms: inferior, minor, unimportant

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[VIHN-tihj] Term that describes both the year of the actual grape harvest and the wine made from those grapes. In the United States, the label may list the vintage year if 95 percent of the wine comes from grapes harvested that year. If a blend of grapes from 2 years or more is used, the wine is called non-vintage or NV. Some champagne and sparkling wine producers are using the term multi-vintage to describe wines made from a blend of 2 or more years. The multi-vintage designation is to reflect the fact that the vintners are purposefully blending cuvees from different years to achieve a superior house style. Although it's often assumed that a vintage wine is one of superior quality, that's not necessarily true. Some vintages are simply considered better overall than others. That's because the quality of the harvest varies from one year to another. In addition, an individual wine may be better or worse than others of a particular vintage because of the originating vineyard's mesoclimate or because of the winemaking process it underwent. An excellent year for a growing region translates to a generally superior quality, which means there are more choices for fine wines of that vintage. So consumers should view a vintage year only as a general guideline. In the end, each wine must be judged on its own merit.

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - vinhøst, årgang
adj. - af fin årgang, fremragende

idioms:

• vintage car    veteranbil

Nederlands (Dutch)
wijnjaar, (superieure) wijn (m.n. van bepaalde jaar), producten van bepaald(e) jaar/periode, productiejaar, leeftijd, wijnoogst, uit bepaalde wijnjaar, klassiek, oud (erwets), beste, meest kenmerkend

Français (French)
n. - millésime, époque
adj. - millésimé, vieux, classique (une comédie), (fig) du meilleur cru, antique (modèle)

idioms:

• vintage car    voiture d'époque

Deutsch (German)
n. - Weinlese, Jahrgang, Baujahr
adj. - Vintage..., Vorkriegs...

idioms:

• vintage car    Oldtimer (gebaut zwischen 1917 und 1930)

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - κρασί συγκεκριμένου τόπου και χρονιάς, κρασί ποιότητας, τρυγητός, τρύγος, χρονιά παραγωγής

idioms:

• vintage car    αυτοκίνητο-αντίκα

Italiano (Italian)
vendemmia, annata

idioms:

• vintage car    auto d'epoca

Português (Portuguese)
n. - vindima (f), ano da safra de vinho (f), moda (f) (coloq.)

idioms:

• vintage car    carro clássico

Русский (Russian)
собирать виноград, сбор винограда, вино определенного урожая, марочный, старинный

idioms:

• vintage car    старомодный автомобиль

Español (Spanish)
n. - cosecha, vendimia
adj. - relativo a la cosecha o vendimia, añejo, típico

idioms:

• vintage car    coche antiguo

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - vinskörd, årgång

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
制造年期, 葡萄收获期, 古典的, 老式的

idioms:

• vintage car    老爷车, 老式汽车

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 製造年期, 葡萄收穫期
adj. - 古典的, 老式的

idioms:

• vintage car    老爺車, 老式汽車

한국어 (Korean)
n. - (특정 수확기의) 포도주, 포도주 양조기, 제작 연식
adj. - 포도주 [양조]의, 연대가 오래된, 시대에 뒤진

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - ぶどう酒, ぶどう収穫量, 型
adj. - 上等な, 代表的な, 最盛期の, 銘柄の, 良質の

idioms:

• vintage car    クラシックカー

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) موسم قطف العنب, غله الكرم‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮בציר, עונת הבציר, שנת הבציר, יין משובח, תוצרת‬
adj. - ‮משובח, מובחר, קלסי‬

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