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What exactly is the meaning of “fine wine”?

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I read an article which was titled as:

Ageing like fine wine

I'm sill pondering over what does it mean? And, where does it trace it's origin from?

For context, the article talks about a person's achievement?

meaning-in-context

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  "Fine" is used in the sense of "excellent" there. A fine wine is one that is exceptionally good.
  
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  "fine wine" is more than £20 a bottle.
  
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  @Owain In undergrad, fine wine came in a bottle
  
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I read an article which was titled as:

Ageing like fine wine

I'm sill pondering over what does it mean? And, where does it trace it's origin from?

For context, the article talks about a person's achievement?

meaning-in-context

share|improve this question

asked 3 hours ago

Vishal GhulatiVishal Ghulati

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  "Fine" is used in the sense of "excellent" there. A fine wine is one that is exceptionally good.
  
  – Robusto
  3 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  


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  "fine wine" is more than £20 a bottle.
  
  – Owain
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  @Owain In undergrad, fine wine came in a bottle
  
  – Punintended
  9 mins ago
  

  
  
  
  

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I read an article which was titled as:

Ageing like fine wine

I'm sill pondering over what does it mean? And, where does it trace it's origin from?

For context, the article talks about a person's achievement?

meaning-in-context

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A good wine supposedly gets better with age. See https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aging_of_wine

If this expression is used to describe a person (“aging like a fine wine”) it is meant to compliment the person, saying the more they age, the better they become as a person, like a wine (and unlike most other things, which get worse with age).

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  Yes - it's particularly relevant that the wine gets even better with age. And in fact, some kinds of wine (Rioja and other wines based on Garnacha or Tempranillo grape varieties come to mind) aren't actually particularly palatable until they've been adequately aged.
  
  – FumbleFingers
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  Then, shouldn't it be just wine without "fine" preceding it ?
  
  – Vishal Ghulati
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  @Vishal Ghulati no, “fine wine” means a very good (and probably very expensive) wine, as noted in other comments. Fine wines are intentionally aged and get better over time. Mediocre/cheap wines do not improve with age in the same way.
  
  – Mixolydian
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To add to the existing excellent answer from Mixolydian, you may also be interested in the ultimate origin of fine. Etymologists don't seem to be 100% sure, but it seems to come from the same Latin root as finished, and was originally meant as complete, well-rounded, or indeed well-finished.

"Fine wine" typically means the best sorts of wine, though exactly what that means is subjective - though wine critics largely agree in practice. It also means they will be more expensive. I have heard it said that a truly fine wine is such a different experience from a typical supermarket wine that they do not really compare, not any more than wine to grape juice. I have never had what anyone would call a fine wine - and fine wines tend to be red more often than white, in my limited experience, so my opportunities to do so are limited by the fact that red wine gives me a migraine. I did once have a wine that was supermarket price, but superior to anything I've had before or since - including the next year's vintage from the same vineyard. If that's one tenth of the difference between typical wines and fine wines, then I can see why people pay a lot of money for them.

Whatever it is that makes a wine "fine" also tends to affect how it develops after bottling. Wines being produced for the supermarket or local wine shop are intended to be drunk after a short, set aging period, and are as good as they will get when you buy them - and after a few years, they will degrade. Wines that are being made to be as good as they can get them take far longer to "peak" - to reach their optimum drinking quality. Wine buffs even put a lot of effort into working out when it will be, or knowing when it has happened so they can drink it as soon after peaking as possible. Of course, one bottle won't age the same as another if they are kept in different conditions.

So, fine wines, unlike most foods or drinks, get better when they age, at least up to a point. To say something, or someone, has aged like a fine wine is to say that they have improved with age.

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6

A good wine supposedly gets better with age. See https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aging_of_wine

If this expression is used to describe a person (“aging like a fine wine”) it is meant to compliment the person, saying the more they age, the better they become as a person, like a wine (and unlike most other things, which get worse with age).

share|improve this answer

answered 3 hours ago

MixolydianMixolydian

2,18139

• 
  
  
  

  
  2
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  Yes - it's particularly relevant that the wine gets even better with age. And in fact, some kinds of wine (Rioja and other wines based on Garnacha or Tempranillo grape varieties come to mind) aren't actually particularly palatable until they've been adequately aged.
  
  – FumbleFingers
  3 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  Then, shouldn't it be just wine without "fine" preceding it ?
  
  – Vishal Ghulati
  1 hour ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  @Vishal Ghulati no, “fine wine” means a very good (and probably very expensive) wine, as noted in other comments. Fine wines are intentionally aged and get better over time. Mediocre/cheap wines do not improve with age in the same way.
  
  – Mixolydian
  1 hour ago
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment | 

6

A good wine supposedly gets better with age. See https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aging_of_wine

If this expression is used to describe a person (“aging like a fine wine”) it is meant to compliment the person, saying the more they age, the better they become as a person, like a wine (and unlike most other things, which get worse with age).

share|improve this answer

answered 3 hours ago

MixolydianMixolydian

2,18139

• 
  
  
  

  
  2
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  Yes - it's particularly relevant that the wine gets even better with age. And in fact, some kinds of wine (Rioja and other wines based on Garnacha or Tempranillo grape varieties come to mind) aren't actually particularly palatable until they've been adequately aged.
  
  – FumbleFingers
  3 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  Then, shouldn't it be just wine without "fine" preceding it ?
  
  – Vishal Ghulati
  1 hour ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  @Vishal Ghulati no, “fine wine” means a very good (and probably very expensive) wine, as noted in other comments. Fine wines are intentionally aged and get better over time. Mediocre/cheap wines do not improve with age in the same way.
  
  – Mixolydian
  1 hour ago
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment | 

A good wine supposedly gets better with age. See https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aging_of_wine

If this expression is used to describe a person (“aging like a fine wine”) it is meant to compliment the person, saying the more they age, the better they become as a person, like a wine (and unlike most other things, which get worse with age).

share|improve this answer

answered 3 hours ago

MixolydianMixolydian

2,18139

share|improve this answer

answered 3 hours ago

MixolydianMixolydian

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answered 3 hours ago

MixolydianMixolydian

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answered 3 hours ago

MixolydianMixolydian

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3

To add to the existing excellent answer from Mixolydian, you may also be interested in the ultimate origin of fine. Etymologists don't seem to be 100% sure, but it seems to come from the same Latin root as finished, and was originally meant as complete, well-rounded, or indeed well-finished.

"Fine wine" typically means the best sorts of wine, though exactly what that means is subjective - though wine critics largely agree in practice. It also means they will be more expensive. I have heard it said that a truly fine wine is such a different experience from a typical supermarket wine that they do not really compare, not any more than wine to grape juice. I have never had what anyone would call a fine wine - and fine wines tend to be red more often than white, in my limited experience, so my opportunities to do so are limited by the fact that red wine gives me a migraine. I did once have a wine that was supermarket price, but superior to anything I've had before or since - including the next year's vintage from the same vineyard. If that's one tenth of the difference between typical wines and fine wines, then I can see why people pay a lot of money for them.

Whatever it is that makes a wine "fine" also tends to affect how it develops after bottling. Wines being produced for the supermarket or local wine shop are intended to be drunk after a short, set aging period, and are as good as they will get when you buy them - and after a few years, they will degrade. Wines that are being made to be as good as they can get them take far longer to "peak" - to reach their optimum drinking quality. Wine buffs even put a lot of effort into working out when it will be, or knowing when it has happened so they can drink it as soon after peaking as possible. Of course, one bottle won't age the same as another if they are kept in different conditions.

So, fine wines, unlike most foods or drinks, get better when they age, at least up to a point. To say something, or someone, has aged like a fine wine is to say that they have improved with age.

share|improve this answer

answered 1 hour ago

SamBCSamBC

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3

To add to the existing excellent answer from Mixolydian, you may also be interested in the ultimate origin of fine. Etymologists don't seem to be 100% sure, but it seems to come from the same Latin root as finished, and was originally meant as complete, well-rounded, or indeed well-finished.

"Fine wine" typically means the best sorts of wine, though exactly what that means is subjective - though wine critics largely agree in practice. It also means they will be more expensive. I have heard it said that a truly fine wine is such a different experience from a typical supermarket wine that they do not really compare, not any more than wine to grape juice. I have never had what anyone would call a fine wine - and fine wines tend to be red more often than white, in my limited experience, so my opportunities to do so are limited by the fact that red wine gives me a migraine. I did once have a wine that was supermarket price, but superior to anything I've had before or since - including the next year's vintage from the same vineyard. If that's one tenth of the difference between typical wines and fine wines, then I can see why people pay a lot of money for them.

Whatever it is that makes a wine "fine" also tends to affect how it develops after bottling. Wines being produced for the supermarket or local wine shop are intended to be drunk after a short, set aging period, and are as good as they will get when you buy them - and after a few years, they will degrade. Wines that are being made to be as good as they can get them take far longer to "peak" - to reach their optimum drinking quality. Wine buffs even put a lot of effort into working out when it will be, or knowing when it has happened so they can drink it as soon after peaking as possible. Of course, one bottle won't age the same as another if they are kept in different conditions.

So, fine wines, unlike most foods or drinks, get better when they age, at least up to a point. To say something, or someone, has aged like a fine wine is to say that they have improved with age.

share|improve this answer

answered 1 hour ago

SamBCSamBC

9,5111235

add a comment | 

To add to the existing excellent answer from Mixolydian, you may also be interested in the ultimate origin of fine. Etymologists don't seem to be 100% sure, but it seems to come from the same Latin root as finished, and was originally meant as complete, well-rounded, or indeed well-finished.

"Fine wine" typically means the best sorts of wine, though exactly what that means is subjective - though wine critics largely agree in practice. It also means they will be more expensive. I have heard it said that a truly fine wine is such a different experience from a typical supermarket wine that they do not really compare, not any more than wine to grape juice. I have never had what anyone would call a fine wine - and fine wines tend to be red more often than white, in my limited experience, so my opportunities to do so are limited by the fact that red wine gives me a migraine. I did once have a wine that was supermarket price, but superior to anything I've had before or since - including the next year's vintage from the same vineyard. If that's one tenth of the difference between typical wines and fine wines, then I can see why people pay a lot of money for them.

Whatever it is that makes a wine "fine" also tends to affect how it develops after bottling. Wines being produced for the supermarket or local wine shop are intended to be drunk after a short, set aging period, and are as good as they will get when you buy them - and after a few years, they will degrade. Wines that are being made to be as good as they can get them take far longer to "peak" - to reach their optimum drinking quality. Wine buffs even put a lot of effort into working out when it will be, or knowing when it has happened so they can drink it as soon after peaking as possible. Of course, one bottle won't age the same as another if they are kept in different conditions.

So, fine wines, unlike most foods or drinks, get better when they age, at least up to a point. To say something, or someone, has aged like a fine wine is to say that they have improved with age.

share|improve this answer

answered 1 hour ago

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