France has a strict and complete wine classification and quality management system. The French origin naming supervision agency INAO (Institut National des

Appellations

d'Origine) strictly supervises the origin and quality type of wine, providing consumers with reliable assurance.

French wine is divided into four levels according to its quality level:

Appellation d'Origine Controlee (AOC for short)

Excellent regional wine (Vins Delimites de Qualite Superieure, referred to as VDQS)

Regional specialty wine (Vins de Pays, referred to as VdP)

Daily table wine (Vins de Table, referred to as VdT), also known as Mixed wines (Vins de Coupage)

The first two levels are premium wines, and the last two levels are everyday table wines. France has very strict regulations to control the quality of wine. From daily table wine to legal production area wines, there are clear production conditions and relative inspection systems, as well as relevant permanent institutions to ensure the implementation of wine regulations.

In August 2009, in order to comply with the new wine law promulgated by the European Union in January 2009, the French wine classification system was reformed from the original 4 levels to 3 levels. The reformed grading system is as follows :

? AOC (Authorized Production Area Wine) becomes AOP (Appellation d'Origine Protégée).

? VdP (Regional Table Wine) becomes IGP (Indication Géographique Protégée).

? VdT (everyday table wine) becomes VdF (Vin de France), which is a non-IG wine, which means a wine without a production area indication on the wine label (Vin sans Indication Géographique).

? VDQS (Excellent Regional Table Wine) has ceased to exist since 2012. The original VDQS has been promoted to AOP or downgraded to VDF based on its quality level.

Note: For this type of product without origin label, the last abbreviated word is likely to be different between EU countries and should be the first letter of the country name. The French label above is VIN DE FRANCE, so the Italian ones should be VIN DE ITALY, and the abbreviation of the grade is VDI.