vintage

Meanings

• adjective

  Relating to wine from a particular harvest or year.

  - "The vintage of this wine is 2010."
  - "This restaurant specializes in serving vintage wines."

• adjective

  Belonging to the past; old.

  - "This vintage car is from the 1950s."
  - "The vintage fashion trends of the 1960s are making a comeback."

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with vintage
chimes , crimes , dimes , grimes , primes

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Variants

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vintage , vintages , vintage year , vintage years

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Etymology

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From French 'vendange' (vintage) or 'vin' (wine) and 'ancien' (old)

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Trivia

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1. The oldest known wine, found in a Georgian pottery jar, is estimated to be around 8,000 years old.

2. The term 'vintage' was first used in English in the 15th century to refer to the year of production of wine.

3. Some collectors spend hundreds of thousands of dollars on vintage bottles of wine, such as a 1787 Château Lafite Rothschild, which sold for $156,000 in 1985.

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Related Concepts

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1. appellation: A geographical indication used to identify where the grapes for a wine were grown.

2. terroir: The environmental factors, including soil, climate, and topography, that influence the taste and characteristics of a wine.

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Culture

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The term 'vintage' is often associated with wine, as it refers to the year the grapes were harvested. However, it can also be used to describe items or trends that are old or from a specific time period.

How to Memorize "vintage"

1. visualize
   

   - Visualize a bottle of wine with a label indicating the vintage year.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the term 'vintage' with 'wine' and 'old'.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Use the mnemonic 'Vintage Wine: Very Old, Tasty, Intriguing, Grapes, Excellent' to remember the meaning of the term.

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