non-vintageadj.n.
/nɒnˈvɪntɪdʒ/, U.S. /nɑnˈvɪn(t)ɪdʒ/ A. adj.
Of a wine: not a vintage wine; not made from the crop of a single identified district in a good year. Also (in extended use): not of high quality; mediocre.
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1953 D. Parry Going up—Going Down vi. 318 At dinner Clive ordered up four bottles of non-vintage champagne.
1959 Listener 5 Mar. 422/1 Bratby is here, of course, a non-vintage work half way between the ‘larder’ period and what is happening at his current exhibition.
1989 Independent 13 Jan. (BNC) Beck..is the sole American survivor in what is clearly a non-vintage field for this year's championship.
2000 Vanity Fair (N.Y.) Mar. 180/2 We might spent New Year's Eve swilling nonvintage champagne.
B. n.
A non-vintage wine.
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1969 Guardian 19 Sept. 7/4 At six to seven glasses to a bottle, a nonvintage need be no more expensive than spirits.
1995 Texas Monthly Nov. 32/4 My first choice would be a rosé like Veuve Clicquot nonvintage.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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