https://sommo.app/tags/vintage/Recent content in Vintage on Sommo — AI Wine Scanner, WSET Prep & Wine Journal AppHugoen-USSommoWed, 15 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://sommo.app/blog/do-wine-vintages-matter/Wed, 15 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://sommo.app/blog/do-wine-vintages-matter/<p>The vintage is the year the grapes were picked, printed on most bottles and quietly ignored by most drinkers. Sometimes that is fine. Sometimes it is the difference between a great bottle and a forgettable one. Here is how to tell which is which.</p> <h2 id="what-a-vintage-actually-tells-you">What a vintage actually tells you</h2> <p>A vintage records one growing season: the weather the grapes lived through from bud to harvest. A warm, even year tends to give ripe, generous wines. A cool or wet one can mean lighter, sharper wines, or in a bad year, dilution and underripeness. The same vineyard, the same winemaker, two different years, two different wines.</p>