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| Name the 4 official wine quality levels in france (prior to 2009) |
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Vin de Table
Vin de Pays
Vin Delimite de Qualite Suerieure (VDQS)
Appelation d'Origine Controlee (AOC) |
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| EU reform went into effect when? |
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| Name the 3 EU reform wine qualities |
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(VF) Vignobles de France, (also) Vins de Table de France
(IGP) Indication Geographique Protegee
Appelation d'Origine Protegee |
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| Vignobles de France (VF) replaced what wine quality level in fance? |
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| Indication Geographique Protegee (IGP) was formerly what french wine quality? |
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| Appelation d'Origine Protegee (AOP) replaces what official EU classification? |
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| What can the new wine categoies include on the label? |
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Vintage
Varietal, at least 85% |
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| Marainne Fischer Bohl held what position for the EU? |
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| Commisioner of Agriculture and Development |
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| In 2006, Marianne Fischer Bohl put measures on the wine world to do what? |
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Limit the surplus of the wine,
phase out subsidies,
improve quality of wine |
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| approved winemaking practices, like using woodchips and reverse osmosis |
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6% of all French wine produced
Least restrictions
- yeast (90 hl/ha)
- alcohol (8% min - 15% max) |
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| IGP(Vin de Pays) - restrictions/facts |
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28% of wine produced
154 (IGP) Vin de Pays regions
varied quality
less regulated than AOC
mostly varietal labeling |
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| Vin de Pays d'Oc created when? |
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| Most important in vineyard(region) Vin de Pays |
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| Vin Delimite de Qualite Superieure (VDQS) - facts |
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eliminated
was stepping stone to AOC
less than 1% of wine production (140) |
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| What is the INAO - Insitut National des Appelations d'Origine des Vins et Eaux de Vie |
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| Governing body of the AOC |
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