The word vintage is often overused and sometimes associated with things that are, in fact, not vintage. So, what is considered vintage? Let's look into the origin of this word and what we can genuinely call a vintage item. The word 'vintage' originates from the Latin, then later French variant of 'vendage,' which originally meant 'to remove grapes'. The term is primarily used in wine production to indicate the year of harvest of a produced wine. As an example, a vintage 1992