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.

Adjective

• Of or relating to a vintage, or to wine identified by a specific vintage.
• Having an enduring appeal; high-quality.
• Classic (such as watches, video or computer games from the 1980s and early 1990s, old magazines, etc.).

Verb

• To harvest (grapes).
• To make (wine) from grapes.

Origin

• From Middle English vendage, vyndage, from Anglo-Norman vendenge, from Old French vendage, vendenge (cognate with French vendange), from Latin vīndēmia ("a gathering of grapes, vintage"), from vīnum + dēmō, from de + emō.