Definition of "vintage"

vintage

/ˈvɪn.tɪd͡ʒ/

noun
countable and uncountable, plural vintages
1. The yield of grapes or wine from a vineyard or district during one season.
2. Wine, especially high-quality, identified as to year and vineyard or district of origin.
  Quotations
  I had this story from one who had no business to tell it to me, or to any other. I may credit the seductive influence of an old vintage upon the narrator for the beginning of it, and my own skeptical incredulity during the days that followed for the balance of the strange tale.
  1914, Edgar Rice Burroughs, chapter 1, in Tarzan of the Apes
3. The harvesting of a grape crop and the initial pressing of juice for winemaking.
4. The year or place in which something is produced.
adjective
comparative more vintage, superlative most vintage
1. (attributively) Of or relating to a vintage, or to wine identified by a specific vintage.
2. (attributively) Having an enduring appeal; high-quality.
3. (attributively) Classic (such as watches, video or computer games from the 1980s and early 1990s, old magazines, etc.).
  1. (Of a motor car) built between the years 1919 and (usually) 1930 (or sometimes 1919 to 1925 in the USA).
  2. (Of a watch) produced between the years 1870 and 1980.
verb
third-person singular simple present vintages, present participle vintaging, simple past and past participle vintaged
1. (transitive) To harvest (grapes).
2. (transitive) To make (wine) from grapes.