From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
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}, and cf. {Vindemial}.]
1. The produce of the vine for one season, in grapes or in
wine; as, the vintage is abundant; the vintage of 1840.
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2. The act or time of gathering the crop of grapes, or making
the wine for a season.
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{Vintage spring}, a wine fount.
{Vintage time}, the time of gathering grapes and making wine.
--Milton.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
vintage
n 1: a season's yield of wine from a vineyard
2: the oldness of wines [syn: {vintage}, {time of origin}]
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