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nonvintage en · ADJ

Etymology

From non- + vintage.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Not vintage: recent.
   • We carry both vintage and nonvintage albums.
2. (not-comparable) Not a vintage wine: not made from grapes harvested during a single year.
   • Hidalgo’s nonvintage La Gitana manzanilla, a favorite aperitif in Spain, is so delicate that an opened 500-milliliter bottle stays zippy only two days when refrigerated. 2009 January 18, Howard G. Goldberg, “The Brief Life of a Charmer”, in New York Times:
   • And after a manhug, hearty congratulations and two hastily poured glasses of decidedly nonvintage champagne, he said, without a hint of irony, 'Why?' 2012, Dylan Jones, Mr Jones' Rules for the Modern Man:

nonvintage en · NOUN

Etymology

From non- + vintage.

Meanings

1. A wine that is not a vintage wine.

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