Vin délimité de qualité supérieure
Vin délimité de qualité supérieure ("delimited wine of superior quality"), usually abbreviated as VDQS, was the second highest category of French wine, below appellation d'origine contrôlée (AOC) in rank, but above vin de pays (country wine).[1] VDQS was sometimes written as AOVDQS, with AO standing for appellation d'origine.[2] VDQS wines were subject to restrictions on yield and vine variety, among others.
There were relatively few VDQS as they typically moved on to AOC status after a number of years. VDQS therefore represented a small part of overall French wine production.
The VDQS category was eliminated altogether in 2011,
History
The VDQS category was created in 1949 to fill the gap between the categories Vin de pays (VdP) and AOC, the most prestigious with correspondingly demanding requirements. Typically, VDQS was a stepping stone to full AOC status, and unlike VdP covered local rather than regional areas.
When
The frequency with which new VDQS were created varied over the years. Between 1984 and 1994 not a single new VDQS was added.[2]
As a result of an ongoing crisis in the French wine industry, Bernard Pomel was tasked with making proposals on how to remedy the situation. The so-called Pomel report, which was presented to the
See also
- List of VDQS wines
- Geographical indications and traditional specialities in the European Union
- Quality wines produced in specified regions
References
- ^ a b Wines of France: Understand French wine categories, accessed on May 13, 2008
- ^ ISBN 0-19-860990-6.
- ^ INAO statistics of vineyard surfaces and production volumes for the 2005-2006 campaign[permanent dead link], accessed on May 26, 2008
- ^ a b BK Wine January 29, 2008: VDQS to disappear
- ^ a b Rivest, Véronique (29 September 2016). "Une appellation, gage de qualité?". La Presse (in French). Retrieved 3 April 2021.
- ^ a b Kevany, Sophie (30 May 2008). "French government unveils sweeping changes to wine sector". Decanter.com. Retrieved 11 November 2010.
- ISBN 0-19-860990-6.
- ^ French Wine Crisis: the Pomel Report[permanent dead link] Wine Business Insider, April 4, 2006, p. 6-7
- ^ End of VDQS delayed Archived 2011-07-24 at the Wayback Machine Truewines News Service