ˈvɪntɪdʒ n. & adj. --n. 1 a a season's
produce of grapes. b
the wine made from this. 2 a the
gathering of grapes
for wine-making. b the
season of this. 3 a wine of
high quality from a
single identified
year and district. 4 a the year etc.
when a
thing was made etc. b a thing made etc. in a
particular year etc. 5
poet. or rhet. wine. --adj. 1 of high quality,
esp. from the
past or
characteristic of the
best period of a person's
work. 2 of a past season. øvintage
car Brit. a car made
between 1917 and 1930. vintage
festival a
carnival to
celebrate the
beginning of the vintage. [alt. (after VINTNER) of ME vendage, vindage f. OF vendange f. L vindemia f. vinum wine + demere remove]