Why is a wine's vintage so important?

Why is a wine's vintage so important?

Dennis Overstreet (Wine Expert) gives expert video advice on: Why is a wine's vintage so important?; What makes a good vintage?; How are modern growing techniques affecting wine? and more...

What's so important about vintage? Vintage is the moment. Vintage is the reflection of what happens in the entire year. Is there a difference in vintages? Yes. Every year is a new challenge. A vintage says exactly that what happened in history for wherever those grapes are grown. The vintage is more important to me, and trust me as an expert on wine, it is the most important thing in buying a wine, is knowing, I would rather buy a lesser wine in a great vintage than a wine of greater reputation in a less quality vintage. And this strictly nothing other than vintage meaning the year of its birth. And without getting into the hocus pocus and all that of astrological calendars and all that there is a difference from year to year to year.