The year in which a wine was bottled, often displayed on the label. (May also refer to a "good" year.)
Technically, "vintage" refers to the harvesting and processing of wine grapes, usually occurring in early fall. A "vintage wine" refers to any wine made in a year where the harvest was good enough that blending with wine from other years was not required. Because the vagaries of weather produce vintages of variable quality from year to year, "vintage" became an adjective referring to aged wines from superior years, and then to cherished older things in general.
Year of harvest. Wines change from vintage to vintage, depending on many factors but particularly the weather. Vintage Champagnes and Vintage Ports are sold only from years judged to be exceptionally good. Click here for our vintage chart.
A term sometimes used to refer to discontinued sneakers from the past. Here are some hints for for finding vintage products: Try an on-line auction service. The eBay auction service is frequently mentioned in various Internet newsgroups, but there are others. Search Yahoo for vintage clothing and shoe dealers. Try a manufacturers' factory outlet store; they frequently have recently discontinued styles. For classic adidas, try Harput's in San Francisco. Go to garage sales and thrift stores. You'll be amazed what you'll find! If you want last years' model, get a time machine and go buy them last year.... you'll have to invent the time machine first. In decreasing order of desirability, vintage sneakers can be classed as New Old Stock, Deadstock, and just plain "used." Reissues are functionally vintage sneakers, but they are brand-new production.
(VIN-tij) - For wines so designated, the year in which the grapes were grown.
The wine of a particular year, and the time when grapes are picked.
The period of picking or harvesting grapes each year, as in 'the vintage'; also the year a wine was made or 'vintaged'.
a season's yield of wine from a vineyard
Vintage and vintage-style posters once used in advertising various things such as food and wine, travel, entertainment, and goods, they are now sought after as artwork.
The year of picking the grapes, or the year the wine was made.
The year in which the wine grapes themselves were harvested. By law, if a "vintage" is declared, 95% of the wine must be made from the grapes grown in the declared vintage year (harvest year).
Used to describe teas from the same harvest at market.
Year that grapes were grown and fermented.
The year in which the grapes for a given wine were harvested. Most wines have a vintage date on the bottle, however not all do.
The year a wine was made. By contrast, a nonvintage wine is one made from a blend of different years.
Year or season of grape growing. Vintage wine is wine that is produced primarily from grapes harvested in a single year.
A photograph printed within a few years of the negative being made.
In essence the year the grapes were grown, but also refers to a Champagne made with grapes all grown in the same year a non-vintage being a blend from a number of years.
This refers to the year of the harvest and also to the wine itself. American law requires that a wine with a vintage date consists of at least 95% grapes harvested in the year stated on the label. A wine that's a blend of more than one vintage is called a non-vintage wine. A vintage wine is not necessarily better than non-vintage because some years the weather, and therefore quality is better than others. In regions with difficult weather conditions it's common to blend different vintages together for consistency of quality.
If a vintage date is used on a label (e.g. 1998) it means that at least 95% of the wine must be from grapes grown in that year.
This refers to the year in which the grapes were harvested.
The year in which the wine was bottled, marked on the label.
A vintage beer (or wine) carries figures indicating the year of production.
A product grown on a specific piece of land. Cocoa comes in three main varieties: criollo, forastero, and trinidad.
The year that the grapes were picked or harvested for the making of wine. Dates are always (or should be) shown on the label. Often in jug or generic wines omit the date and we joke and say "ah yes, that was a very good week for wine"
Can mean either the particular year in which the crop was harvested or the process of harvesting itself.
The year the grape was harvested.
Describes both the year of the actual grape harvest and the wine made from those grapes.
In South Africa this term indicates the year of harvest. The word vintage originally meant "the gathering of grapes" – it refers to a specific year or a specific gathering.
The year the grapes grew and were harvested.
This is the year in which the wineâ€(tm)s grapes were harvested. The vintage date tells you 2 things: how old the wine is and if the wine comes from a "good" year. Because climate conditions vary from year to year and region to region, this is a particularly important piece of information.
The year in which a wine's grapes were harvested.
Leaves that share the same harvest.
When a vintage is used for a cigar, it usually refers to the year the tobacco was harvested, not the year the cigar was made.
A seemingly innocuous term that turns out to mean many different things to different people. The 'vintage' simply refers to the year the grapes were grown. So, for instance, we might describe the year 2000 as a great vintage for Bordeaux as the weather that year was excellent, and many superlative wines were made. When it comes to Champagne, a vintage wine is one that is made from grapes all grown in the year declared on the label, whereas a non-vintage wine is a blend of wines from several years.
Refers to the year the grapes were grown and harvested.
A wine's vintage is the year the grapes were grown.
A print that is made on or about the time of the negative (generally within five years) by the photographer or someone working under his/her direction and control. By contrast, a print made later from the original negative is called a modern print.
the year when the wine was produced
A term referring to a wine from an exceptional year; can also refer to the year in which the grapes were grown.
The "year" or season of winegrowing. Vintage wine is defined as wine which is produced at least 95% from grapes harvested in a single stated year.
The year of fund formation and first takedown of capital.
A trend in fashion now that references designs and other details from bygone eras from the 1920's upto the 70's. Gauri and Nainika, Sabyasachi Mukerjee both channeled Vintage influences in their respective collections last year.
a word given to the harvest of grapes relating to the year of the harvest and wine production.
Year in which the grapes used to make a wine were grown. Also used to describe the harvest period.
The year in which the grapes that made the wine were harvested.
The year grapes were harvested that go into a wine
The year that the grapes were picked or harvested for the making of wine, with the date shown on the label.
