the annual produce of the grape harvest, especially with reference to the wine obtained.
an exceptionally fine wine from the crop of a good year.
the time of gathering grapes, or of winemaking.
the act or process of producing wine; winemaking.
the class of a dated object with reference to era of production or use: a hat of last year's vintage.
adjective
of or relating to wines or winemaking.
being of a specified vintage: Vintage wines are usually more expensive than nonvintage wines.
representing the high quality of a past time: vintage cars; vintage movies.
old-fashioned or obsolete: vintage jokes.
being the best of its kind: They praised the play as vintage O'Neill.
verb (used with object),vin·taged,vin·tag·ing.
to gather or harvest (grapes) for wine-making: The muscats were vintaged too early.
to make (wine) from grapes: a region that vintages a truly great champagne.
verb (used without object),vin·taged,vin·tag·ing.
to harvest grapes for wine-making.
Origin of vintage
1400–50; late Middle English (noun) <Anglo-French, equivalent to vint(er) vintner + -age-age; replacing Middle English vindage, vendage<Anglo-French; Old French vendange<Latin vīndēmia grape-gathering, equivalent to vīn(um) grape, wine + -dēmia a taking away (dēm(ere) to take from (see redeem) + -ia-y3)
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British Dictionary definitions for vintage
vintage
/ (ˈvɪntɪdʒ) /
noun
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
the harvest from which such a wine is obtained
the harvesting of wine grapes
the season of harvesting these grapes or for making wine
a time of origina car of Edwardian vintage
informala group of people or objects of the same perioda fashion of last season's vintage
adjective
(of wine) of an outstandingly good year
representative of the best and most typicalvintage Shakespeare
of lasting interest and importance; venerable; classicvintage films
old-fashioned; dated
verb
(tr)to gather (grapes) or make (wine)
Word Origin for vintage
C15: from Old French vendage (influenced by vintenervintner), from Latin vindēmia, from vīnumwine, grape + dēmere to take away (from dē- away + emere to take)