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France - Somm Prep
French Wines
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11/12/2012

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Term
Name the 4 official wine quality levels in france (prior to 2009)
Definition

Vin de Table

Vin de Pays

Vin Delimite de Qualite Suerieure (VDQS)

Appelation d'Origine Controlee (AOC)

Term
EU reform went into effect when?
Definition
August 1, 2009
Term
Name the 3 EU reform wine qualities
Definition

(VF) Vignobles de France, (also) Vins de Table de France

(IGP) Indication Geographique Protegee

Appelation d'Origine Protegee

Term
Vignobles de France (VF) replaced what wine quality level in fance?
Definition
Vin de Table
Term
Indication Geographique Protegee (IGP) was formerly what french wine quality?
Definition
Vin de Pays
Term
Appelation d'Origine Protegee (AOP) replaces what official EU classification?
Definition
VPRD
Term
What can the new wine categoies include on the label?
Definition

Vintage

Varietal, at least 85%

Term
Marainne Fischer Bohl held what position for the EU?
Definition
Commisioner of Agriculture and Development
Term
In 2006, Marianne Fischer Bohl put measures on the wine world to do what?
Definition

Limit the surplus of the wine,

phase out subsidies,

improve quality of wine

Term
What are OIV?
Definition
approved winemaking practices, like using woodchips and reverse osmosis
Term
VF-regulations/facts
Definition

6% of all French wine produced

Least restrictions

- yeast (90 hl/ha)

- alcohol (8% min - 15% max)

Term
IGP(Vin de Pays) - restrictions/facts
Definition

28% of wine produced

154 (IGP) Vin de Pays regions

varied quality

less regulated than AOC

mostly varietal labeling

Term
Vin de Pays d'Oc created when?
Definition
1987
Term
Most important in vineyard(region) Vin de Pays
Definition
Languedoc-Roussillon
Term
Vin Delimite de Qualite Superieure (VDQS) - facts
Definition

eliminated

was stepping stone to AOC

less than 1% of wine production (140)

Term
What is the INAO - Insitut National des Appelations d'Origine des Vins et Eaux de Vie
Definition
Governing body of the AOC
Term
INAO was created when?
Definition
1935
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