vintage

/'vintidʤ/

Thân thiện

The workers are carefully harvesting grapes during the annual vintage.

Definition

1. Noun:

   • The year or place in which wine, especially wine of high quality, was produced: Refers to the specific harvest year of grapes used to make a particular wine, often indicating its character and quality.
   • The wine produced in a particular season and region: The yield of wine from a specific harvest.
   • A period of origin or manufacture: Used to describe something from the past that is of high quality and typical of the best of its kind.

2. Adjective:

   • Relating to or denoting wine of high quality from a particular harvest and region: Characterizing wine based on its vintage year.
   • Characteristic of a past period and regarded as being of high quality or the best of its kind: Describing something from the past that is classic, authentic, and often valuable.

Usage Examples

• Noun:

  • The 2015 vintage from this vineyard is exceptional. (The wine produced from the 2015 harvest is of outstanding quality.)
  • He collects vintage from the Bordeaux region. (He collects wines produced in the Bordeaux region.)
  • This car is a vintage from the 1960s. (This car is a classic model from the 1960s.)

• Adjective:

  • We enjoyed a bottle of vintage champagne. (We enjoyed a bottle of high-quality champagne from a specific, notable year.)
  • She loves wearing vintage clothing. (She loves wearing classic, high-quality clothing from a past era.)

Advanced Usage

• "Of vintage": Being of a classic, high-quality kind from a past era.

  • His humor is of a vintage that is rarely seen today. (His style of humor is a classic type that is uncommon now.)

• "To be in one's vintage": To be at the peak of one's abilities or performance, often used metaphorically.

  • The athlete, though older, proved he was still in his vintage with that performance. (The athlete showed he is still at his peak.)

Variants and Related Words

• Vintner (n): A wine merchant or a person who makes wine.
  • The vintner explained the process of creating the vintage.

Synonyms

• Classic: Serving as a standard of its time; enduring.
• Antique: Belonging to an earlier period, often valued for its age and quality.
• Harvest: The season's yield of a crop, such as grapes.

Related Phrases

• Vintage year: A particularly good year for a wine harvest or, by extension, a notably successful period.
  • 1990 was a vintage year for Bordeaux wines.

Related Idioms

• To come into one's vintage: To reach a peak period of quality, success, or maturity.
  • Many artists come into their vintage later in life.

Học thuật

Noun

1. the oldness of wines
2. a season's yield of wine from a vineyard

Từ đồng nghĩa

• time of origin