vintage

vintage
01. This wine is the best [vintage] to come out of this country in more than 50 years.
02. The 1994 [vintage] quickly became famous in wine-loving circles.
03. We won a bottle of [vintage] Beaujolais at our wine-tasting party.
04. My grandfather owned a succession of expensive [vintage] cars, including a beautiful old Jaguar.
05. A formation of [vintage] World War One fighter planes drew the loudest applause during the Air Show.
06. Bordeaux red wines are considered to be at their best between 8 to 23 years after [vintage].
07. This year's weather has been perfect for growing grapes so the [vintage] is expected to be the best in years.
08. British theater had a [vintage] season this year with some of the finest work coming out in a decade.
09. He is a car enthusiast and has over 20 [vintage] automobiles in his collection.
10. The comedian was in [vintage] form, and received a standing ovation at the end of his performance.
11. A bottle of 1988 [vintage] Chablis was sold at auction for $500.00
12. The parade was led by a [vintage] pink Cadillac carrying the mayor and his wife.
13. This year's [vintage] is expected to be of higher than average quality, due to the excellent weather.
14. For supper we had a fantastic 6-course meal, followed by several glasses of [vintage] champagne.
15. Logan Pearsall Smith once observed that happiness is a wine of the rarest [vintage].

Grammatical examples in English. 2013.

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  • Vintage — (engl. Weinlese, als adjektiv: klassisch) bezeichnet: (als Anglizismus) einen besonders ausgezeichneten Jahrgang eines Weines, Portweins, Whiskeys oder Madeiras, siehe Jahrgang (Wein) Vintage Computer Festival Europe, die größte europäische… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

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  • Vintage — Vint age (?; 48), n. [Corrupted by influence of vintner, vintry, from OE. vindage, vendage, for vendange, OF. vendenge, F. vendange, from L. vindemia; vinum wine, grapes + demere to take off; de + emere, originally, to take. See {Wine}, {Redeem} …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Vintage — puede referirse a: Vintage es un término tomado del inglés, procedente a su vez del latín (‘vindemia’), para designar cualquier objeto antiguo, de diseño artístico y una factura de calidad. Vintage, álbum musical de 2001 de Los Tipitos. The… …   Wikipedia Español

  • vintage — s. m. 1.  [Enologia] Ano de boa colheita vinícola. • adj. 2 g. 2 núm. s. m. 2.  [Enologia] Diz se de ou vinho fino de uma só colheita, produzido em ano de reconhecida qualidade, com características organolépticas excepcionais, retinto e encorpado …   Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa

  • vintage — (n.) mid 15c., harvest of grapes, yield of wine from a vineyard, from Anglo Fr. vintage (mid 14c.), from O.Fr. vendage yield from a vineyard, from L. vindemia a gathering of grapes, yield of grapes, from comb. form of vinum wine (see WINE (Cf.… …   Etymology dictionary

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  • vintage — index age, old Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

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