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French Table Wines

February 15th, 2008 at 10:24pm |

In addition to the quality wines, France also has two classes of Table wine,: Vins de Pays, and Vins de Table.
Vins de Pays represents about 20 percent France’s wine production. It comes primarily from the areas bordering Belgium, Spain, and Italy. There are 4 important areas:

Vin de Pays d’Oc. This is the most important area, [...]

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French Quality Wines

February 15th, 2008 at 10:00pm |

French laws divide wines into two different categories of quality wine: Appelation d’Origine Contrôlée and Vins Délimités de Qualité Supérieure.
Appelation d’Origine Contrôlée:
This designation is abbreviated AC or AOC, and it refers to a specific area within a wine region. Every major wine region in France handles its AC laws a bit differently, which can make [...]

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French Wine Laws

February 15th, 2008 at 10:00pm |

French wine production is tightly controlled by law, and their system provides a model that most of Europe follows to some extent. Every bottle of french wine carries a governmental seal on it, indicating that the appropriate tax has been paid, and that the wine laws have been adhered to at every phase of its [...]

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