# vintaging

Pronunciation: say "VIN-ti-jing" /ˈvɪn.tɪd͡ʒ.ɪŋ/

## Verb

1. Present participle and gerund of vintage. — present participle and gerund of vintage
   - Simple: Present participle and gerund of vintage. Use it with is or was, or as a noun for the work itself.
   - _By late September the growers were vintaging the hillside rows one block at a time._
   - _The cooperative has been vintaging its members' wine in the same stone cellar for decades._

## Noun

2. The act of harvesting grapes or of making wine from them.
   - Simple: The work of picking grapes or making wine from them.
   - _The estate's year turns on two great labors: the pruning in winter and the vintaging in autumn._
   - _Her paintings celebrate rural life, with its harvests and vintagings and village dances._

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