vintage wine

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a wine, usually of superior quality, made from selected grapes of a certain type, region, and year, then dated and usually stored for aging.

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Mississippi’s nickname comes from the magnificent trees that grow there. What is it?

Yet “All About Eve” has aged as well as a fine vintage wine.
Happy 70th to iconic ‘All About Eve’|Kathi Wolfe|October 17, 2020|Washington Blade
I guess we know how Bacchus kept his title as the god of wine and intoxication.
History's Craziest Hangover Cures|Justin Jones|December 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The possibilities seem endless: Who needs a trip to the liquor store when the toddler can turn water into wine, amirite?
Was Baby Jesus A Holy Terror?|Candida Moss|December 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST
All Champagne is sparkling wine but not all sparkling wine is Champagne.
Champagne: You’re Drinking It All Wrong|Kayleigh Kulp|December 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST

“Enjoying the bubbles is as important as enjoying the wine,” Goldston says.
Champagne: You’re Drinking It All Wrong|Kayleigh Kulp|December 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The wine cellar—one of the best in the world—survived World War II and is guarded around the clock.
Inside The World’s 10 Oldest Restaurants|Justin Jones|December 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Urbanity ushers in water that needs no apology, and gives a zest to the worst vintage.
Pearls of Thought|Maturin M. Ballou
HE ordered a lunch which he thought the girl would like, with wine to revive the faculties that he knew must be failing.
Rosemary in Search of a Father|C. N. Williamson
And when wine had unselfed my noble father, you received his passionate insults with forbearance and forgiveness!
The Pastor's Fire-side Vol. 3 of 4|Jane Porter
“Let us have some of your best wine to-day, waiter,” said old Wardle, rubbing his hands.
The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, v. 2(of 2)|Charles Dickens
He smoked two cigars; then he went inside and drank another glass of wine.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories|Kate Chopin