Retro vs. Vintage — What's the Difference?

Retroactive

Vintage, in winemaking, is the process of picking grapes and creating the finished product—wine (see Harvest (wine)). A vintage wine is one made from grapes that were all, or primarily, grown and harvested in a single specified year.

Involving, relating to, or reminiscent of an earlier time; retrospective

The yield of wine or grapes from a vineyard or district during one season.

Fashion or style, as in music, reminiscent of an earlier time.

Wine, usually of high quality, identified as to year and vineyard or district of origin.

Of, or relating to, the past, past times, or the way things were.

The year or place in which a wine is bottled.

Affecting things past; retroactive, ex post facto.

The harvesting of a grape crop.

(uncountable) Past fashions or trends.

The initial stages of winemaking.

(countable) retrorocket

A group or collection of people or things sharing certain characteristics.

(countable) retrospective

A year or period of origin

A fashion reminiscent of the past

Length of existence; age.

Affecting things past;

Of or relating to a vintage.

Characterized by excellence, maturity, and enduring appeal; classic.

Old or outmoded.

Of the best

Of the most distinctive

The yield of grapes or wine from a vineyard or district during one season.

Wine, especially high-quality, identified as to year and vineyard or district of origin.

The harvesting of a grape crop and the initial pressing of juice for winemaking.

The year or place in which something is produced.

(attributively) Of or relating to a vintage, or to wine identified by a specific vintage.

(attributively) Having an enduring appeal; high-quality.

(attributively) Classic (such as watches, video or computer games from the 1980s and early 1990s, old magazines, etc.).

(Of a motor car) built between the years 1919 and (usually) 1930 (or sometimes 1919 to 1925 in the USA).

(Of a watch) produced between the years 1870 and 1980.

(transitive) To harvest (grapes).

(transitive) To make (wine) from grapes.

The produce of the vine for one season, in grapes or in wine; as, the vintage is abundant; the vintage of 1840.

The act or time of gathering the crop of grapes, or making the wine for a season.

A season's yield of wine from a vineyard

The oldness of wines