Generic wine
Generic wines are blends of ordinary wines, and are usually found in the "cheap" section of the wine store.
Generic Wines Wines made from a variety of grapes but do not use the varietal grape names, most common are your jug wines (Gallo, Livingston Cellars, Carlo Rossi, etc).
Generoso: Special wine with an alcoholic content between 17-23%.
Generic Wines: Wines made from a variety of grapes and that do not use the varietal grape names. The most common generic wines are the red and white "jug" wines.
Generic wine: Blended wine of ordinary quality, without any varietal or other special characteristics. Common term for an everyday, low price wine.
[edit] Semi-generic Wines made in the United States but named after places that the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau requires be modified by a US name of geographic origin.
Cõtes du Rhõne generic wines go well with every day cooking, dishes based on chicken and not to strong cheeses.
Full body red wines are perfect with roasted red meat and game.
In the various wine regions of Germany, as is the case in all large wine regions, there are naturally generic wines; wines blended across sites, lower in quality than the single vineyard wines, but nevertheless serving a useful purpose.
Generally only the most inexpensive, mass-produced wines (or vin ordinaire) make use of these place names as semi-generic wine names; most of those now use the more popular varietal labeling.
A "boom" in wine consumption, combined with the consumer trend to move away from generic wine blends and into varietals, stimulated plantings of "new," as well as "proven" wine grapes in California during the '70s.
Much American wine is mass-produced generic wine, often given such European-derived names as chablis, burgundy, and port. These brands must include an appellation of origin, such as California chablis, on the label.
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Sake and Vermouth are the only two generic wines recognized by U.S. law. Consequently, the type of rice or grape used in their production does not have to be stated on the label.
Varietal: Wine made from a particular grape variety (for example, Cabernet Sauvignon); the opposite of a generic wine (for example, Chablis).
RAUSCHLING:
Ancient minor grape still sparsely grown in the Alsace region of France. Used occasionally in the "Vin d'Alsace" generic wine blends along with other wines made from the Knipperle, Chasselas, and Muller-Thurgau grapes.
 See also: Region, Bottle, Wine, Quality, Vineyard
  
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