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vendange

grape harvest, vintage

noun vahn-DAHNZH Rare
Food & Drink Drinks

Origin: From Latin 'vindemia' (grape gathering).

Usage Note

Vendange (often plural: les vendanges) refers to the annual wine-grape harvest, typically in September-October in France. Faire les vendanges means to work as a grape-picker. The date of the harvest is crucial to the resulting wine's character, making vendange tardive ('late harvest') a legally defined quality category for sweeter wines.

Examples

"Les vendanges commencent en septembre dans le Bordelais."

Natural Translation

The grape harvest begins in September in the Bordeaux region.

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