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French table wines

Table wine in a country of the European Union: the must of origin is a mixture from different EU countries;
Table wine from France: The grapes come exclusively from France;
Wine country: they are actually in the category of table wines;
Wine county: product in a department, as wine country of the Aude;
Local Wine: or “zone”, produced in a territory smaller than the department: a place called, the hills etc.
Wine regions: produced in a “region” to non-administrative sense, as wines of Mediterranean Doors
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AOVDQS: Denomination of Origin wine of superior quality. Often a springboard to the AOC.
AOC: Appellation of Origin.
AOC generic (like AOC Bordeaux, Burgundy, Alsace, Beaujolais)
AOC regional (such as AOC Coteaux du Tricastin, Cotes du Forez Medoc)
AOC communal (such as Chablis AOC, Margaux, the Star, Cassis)
There are more among the AOCs, an internal system that distinguishes between wines, premiers crus, fine wines or other designations, but differs by region. The Burgundy is known, for example, by the first raw and then the great vintages. In the Bordeaux Wine Official Classification of 1855 Bordeaux was preserved and a list of different levels and categories has been established.
To be recognized designation must meet the criteria and restrictions: limiting production or territory, regional identity linked to climate, vines or ground, limiting sugar content reached a certain degree of Alcohol etc. The only criterion for table wines is to be fit for consumption.  When they meet these criteria, a name that was requested by local producers is then established by order or decree by the regional committee meeting of the INAO. The formalization of the name is then published in the Official Gazette of the Republic.

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