vintage wine
Americannoun
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It’s not like wine; something else happens, different from the interaction of oxygen and fermented grape juice across the decades that makes vintage wine so sought-after.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 22, 2022
Like a vintage wine, it can take years to become a diva.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 6, 2017
Although fake vintage wine has dogged the industry for years, there are signs that wine fraud has reached a new “financialized” stage, where millions of dollars are lost without a single bottle changing hands.
From New York Times ● Apr. 2, 2016
Photograph: Larry Neumeister/AP A jury has awarded the Florida billionaire Bill Koch $12m in his long-running dispute over phony vintage wine.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 13, 2013
It was not exactly a vintage wine, but I was in no mood to be over-critical, and I drank off a couple of glasses with the utmost appreciation.
From A Rogue by Compulsion by Victor Bridges
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