Vintage vs. Grunge — What's the Difference?

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.

Grunge (sometimes referred to as the Seattle sound) is an alternative rock genre and subculture that emerged during the mid-1980s in the American Pacific Northwest state of Washington, particularly in Seattle and nearby towns. Grunge fuses elements of punk rock and heavy metal, but without punk's structure and speed.

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

(Informal) Filth; dirt.

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

Rock music that incorporates elements of punk rock and heavy metal, often expressing a bleak or nihilistic outlook.

The year or place in which a wine is bottled.

(informal) Dirt or filth, especially when difficult to clean.

The harvesting of a grape crop.

(informal) The state of being filthy; grubbiness.

The initial stages of winemaking.

(music genre) A subgenre of alternative rock, originating from Seattle, Washington, which melds punk and metal.

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

The state of being covered with unclean things

A year or period of origin

Length of existence; age.

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