Vintage
Vintage (?; 48) , noun
[Corrupted by influence of vintner, vintry, from Old English vindage, vendage, for vendange, Old French vendenge, French vendange, from Latin vindemia; vinum wine, grapes + demere to take off; de + emere, originally, to take. See Wine, Redeem, and compare Vindemial.]
1.
The produce of the vine for one season, in grapes or in wine; as, the vintage is abundant; the vintage of 1840.
2.
The act or time of gathering the crop of grapes, or making the wine for a season.
Collocations (2)
Vintage spring , a wine fount.
Vintage time , the time of gathering grapes and making wine. — Milton