age like a fine wine

English

Alternative forms

• age like fine wine
• age like wine

Etymology

Due to the perception that wine improves with age.

Verb

age like a fine wine (third-person singular simple present ages like a fine wine, present participle aging like a fine wine or ageing like a fine wine, simple past and past participle aged like a fine wine)

1. (simile) To age well; to look or become better as they become older.

Translations

age well

• Finnish: kypsyä kuin viini
• German: gut altern (non-idiomatic)
• Polish: starzeć się dobrze impf

See also

• age like milk