Appelation Controlee (AO or AOC)
This is a guarantee of origin and production method and
a guide to wines of quality and value.
Vins Delimites de qualite Superieure (VDQS)
Regions without the over-all quality necessary for Appelation
Controlee may be classified as VDQS, they are often good
wines from less well-established regions.
Vins de Pays
This standard is applied to wines of a particular region and
indicates that the wine has a certain minimum alcohol content.
Vins de Table
Ordinary wine that may be from more than one regions; fine
for day to day consumption with meals.
Vintage - (e.g. 1976, 1981) The wine of one outstanding year.
Non-Vintage - (without a date) A blend of wines from different
years.
Cuvee - Blend: all champagne is blended.
Blanc de Blances - Made from the juice of wine grapes only.
Cremant - Half sparkling or "creaming".
Rose - Pink champagne made by blending in a little red wine.
Reserve - Any wine can be called Reserve.
Brut - Bone dry.
Extra Sec - Dry.
Sec - slightly sweet.
Demi Sec - Sweet.
Doux - Very sweet.
The word "Champagne" can only appear on a bottle of
wine which was produced in the Champagne region of
France.
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