Country Wines
Country wines are those made from fruit, vegetables, flowers or cereals (excluding grapes). See How to Make Wine for more information.
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[edit] Country wine See "Fruit wine".
[edit] Crackling Semi-sparkling wine; slightly effervescent. Also called frizzante.
[edit] Crémant French sparkling wine not made in Champagne region.
Country-style, country wine
General term for inexpensive wines designed for casual consumption at the table; not a pejorative, just a statement of fact, although wine snobs may call such a wine "coarse." See "spaghetti wine." In the U.S.
Vins de Pays: Country wine: A superior grade of vin de table (table wine) produced according to regulations concerning grape varieties, yields and localities.
Vintage: The harvest time and also the year in which the wine was made.
vin de paysFrench phrase for country wine. Lower status than AOC. Essentially 'country wines', there are many very good wines to be found in this category.
From the classic light and frothy Vinho Verde to the country wines of Estremadura and the Alentejo plain (home to the world's largest cork oak forests); from the terraced slopes of the Douro, ...
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Essentially 'country wines', there are many very good wines to be found in this category.
Suggested translation: "country wine"
These wines contain a 100% of a single grape-variety, approved of by a "Conseil Interprofessionnel" (joint committee of professionals) grown in a strictly limited zone.
Vino Comarcal (VC or CV) Usually simple country wines, which may carry a vintage date and the name of the area from which they originated.
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Vino de la tierra: (Spanish) country wine.
Vino de mesa: (Spanish) table wine.
Vintage: The year that the grapes were picked or harvested for the making of wine, with the date shown on the label.
Vin de Pays:French quality classification meaning "country wine"; it is one level above vin de table.
The sole impact is one of high alcohol and "body" character. Little or no acid/tannin content. An everyday red wine, similar to a french "vin ordinaire" country wine sold by alcohol content, can be an example.
Thus, some of Italy's most expensive wines, such as the Super Tuscans, share the same ranking as simple country wine.
Vin de pays (french) : country wine of a level higher than table wine.
Vin de table (French) : Table wine. Law quality wine.
Vin doux naturel (french) A fortified sweet wine.
 See also: Grape, Wine, Alcohol, Sweet, Region
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