Main Entry: 1vin·tage
Pronunciation: 'vin-tij
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English, alteration of vendage, from Middle French vendenge, from Latin vindemia grape-gathering, vintage, from vinum wine, grapes + demere to take off, from de- + emere to take -- more at WINE, REDEEM
Date: 15th century
1 a (1) : a season's yield of grapes or wine from a vineyard (2) : WINE; especially : a usually superior wine all or most of which comes from a single year b : a collection of contemporaneous and similar persons or things : CROP
2 : the act or time of harvesting grapes or making wine
3 a : a period of origin or manufacture (a piano of 1845 vintage) b : length of existence : AGE
While the term does imply other meanings, the primary meaning is grapes. Have you ever heard people talking about a vintage for Scotch for instance? It too is an alcoholic beverage, but you don't hear about vintage, only how long it's been aged... I think Cigars are similar.