The classification of wine is based on various criteria including place of origin or appellation, vinification method and style, sweetness and vintage...

German wine classification system puts a strong emphasis on standardization and factual completeness, and was first implemented by the German Wine Law of 1971...

Bordeaux Wine Official Classification of 1855 resulted from the 1855 Exposition Universelle de Paris, when Emperor Napoleon III requested a classification system...

1955, the wines of Saint-Émilion in the wine-growing region of Bordeaux were classified. Unlike the Bordeaux Wine Official Classification of 1855 covering...

its wines. The term is often used within classifications of French wine. By implication, a wine that displays (or is allowed to display) the name of its...

wine classification Bordeaux wine regions History of Bordeaux wine a.  ^ Also rated as a Premier Cru in the Bordeaux Wine Official Classification of 1855...

Langton's Classification of Australian Wine is a listing of fine Australian wines compiled by wine-specialist auction house and online merchant Langton's...

Table wine (rarely abbreviated TW) is a wine term with two different meanings: a style of wine and a quality level within wine classification. In the...

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Bordeaux wine (Occitan: vin de Bordèu; French: vin de Bordeaux) is produced in the Bordeaux region of southwest France, around the city of Bordeaux, on...

status is a classification of wines primarily from the Bordeaux region of France. The wines considered “best of the best” are assigned the rank of Premier...

The glossary of wine terms lists the definitions of many general terms used within the wine industry. For terms specific to viticulture, winemaking, grape...

The color is an element in the classification of wines. The color of the wine mainly depends on the color of the drupe of the grape variety. Since pigments...

result. This dates back to when the US wine industry only made dessert wines by fortification, but such a classification is outdated now that modern yeast...

largest wine producers in the world. French wine traces its history to the 6th century BCE, with many of France's regions dating their wine-making history...

The following four classifications of wine constitute the Italian system of labelling and legally protecting Italian wine: Denominazione di origine (DO...

commanded high prices. Many of these wines became cult wines. In the reformation of the Italian classification system many of the original Super Tuscans...

White wine is a wine that is fermented without undergoing the process of maceration, which involves prolonged contact between the juice with the grape...

Italian wine (Italian: vino italiano) is produced in every region of Italy. Italy is the country with the widest variety of indigenous grapevine in the...

The Rhône wine region in Southern France is situated in the Rhône valley and produces numerous wines under various Appellation d'origine contrôlée (AOC)...

Burgundy wine (French: Bourgogne or vin de Bourgogne) is made in the Burgundy region of eastern France, in the valleys and slopes west of the Saône, a...

combating wine fraud, by means of regulated protected designations of origin, labelling practices and classification of wine, as well as regulating allowed...

(French: [vɛ̃ də pei]; 'country wine') was a French wine classification that was above the vin de table classification, but below the appellation d'origine...

region of France and Northern Catalonia, usage since the 20th century (especially in the context of wine) has primarily referred to the northern part of the...

The wine regions of Bordeaux in France are a large number of wine growing areas, differing widely in size and sometimes overlapping, which lie within...

sweetness of a wine is determined by the interaction of several factors, including the amount of sugar in the wine, but also the relative levels of alcohol...

classification of German wine that indicates a wine that is dry rather than off-dry (halbtrocken), sweeter (lieblich) or sweet (süß). Trocken wines are...

While most of Austria follows a wine classification systems based on ripeness and harvest must weight that parallels the German wine classification system...

Bordeaux Classification. Lafite was one of five wine-producing châteaux of Bordeaux originally awarded First Growth status in the 1855 Classification. Since...

wine term for a late harvest wine and is a riper category than Spätlese in the Prädikatswein category of the Austrian and German wine classification....