Several of the communes in the Beaujolais-Villages AOC also qualify to produce their wines under the Mâconnais and Saint-Véran AOCs.

Any Beaujolais or Beaujolais-Villages AOC vineyard can produce Beaujolais Nouveau.

Beaujolais AOC and Beaujolais-Villages are generally served between.

Since most of the villages of Beaujolais, outside of those classified as Cru Beaujolais, villages have little international name recognitions most producers choose to maintain the Beaujolais-Villages designation.

The Beaujolais producers that produce a red wine under the Beaujolais-Villages appellation will often produce their white wine under the more internationally recognized names of Mâcon-Villages or Saint-Véran.

* Beaujolais Blanc & Beaujolais Rosé-A small amount of white wine made from Chardonnay or Aligote is grown in the region and used to produce Beaujolais Blanc or Beaujolais-Villages Blanc.

* Régnié-The most recently recognized Cru, graduating from a Beaujolais-Villages area to Cru Beaujolais in 1988.

Beaujolais-Villages are generally consumed within 2 – 3 years and Cru Beaujolais has the potential to age longer, some not even fully developing till at least 3 years after harvest.

Beaujolais Nouveau is typically used as an apéritif with basic Beaujolais and Beaujolais-Villages doing well with light fare, like picnics and salads.

Exactly the same limits are effective for Beaujolais-Villages.

Some is sold as Beaujolais-Villages Nouveau, but it is not common.

If the grapes come from the area of a single vineyard or commune, producers can affix the name of their particular village to the Beaujolais-Villages designation.

This category covers the Appellation d ' Origine Contrôlée ( AOC ) wines of the Jura wine region of France.

This category covers the Appellation d ' Origine Contrôlée ( AOC ) and VDQS wines of France.

This category covers the Appellation d ' Origine Contrôlée ( AOC ) wines of the Roussillon wine region of France.

This category lists all the Appellation d ' Origine Contrôlées ( AOC ) for wine in the Rhône wine region.

Vin Délimité de Qualité Supérieure (" Delimited Wine of Superior Quality "), usually abbreviated as VDQS, is the second highest category of French wine, below Appellation d ' Origine Contrôlée ( AOC ) in rank, but above Vin de pays ( country wine ).

The VDQS category was created in 1949 to fill the gap between Vin de pays ( VdP ) and the AOC category, which is meant to be the most prestigious category with demanding requirements.

This category covers the Appellation d ' Origine Contrôlée ( AOC ) wines of the Savoie wine region of France.

This category covers the Appellation d ' Origine Contrôlée ( AOC ) wines of the Provence wine region of France.

This category covers the Appellation d ' Origine Contrôlée ( AOC ) wines of the Champagne wine region of France.

This category covers the Appellation d ' Origine Contrôlée ( AOC ) wines of the Bordeaux wine region of France.

This category covers the Appellation d ' Origine Contrôlée ( AOC ) wines of the Charente region of France.

Therefore, almost all Côtes du Rhône AOC is produced in southern Rhône, since the northern sub-region is covered by well-known appellations and also is much smaller in terms of total vineyard surface.

Other appellations falling outside the main Rhône area in terms of wine styles but administratively within it are Clairette de Die AOC, Crémant de Die AOC, Coteaux de Tricastin AOC, Côtes du Ventoux AOC, Côtes du Vivarais AOC, Côtes du Luberon AOC.

This AOC classification dates to 1997, though these wines were recognized in the 17th and 18th century, notably by Madame de Sévigné, who reported the habits and preferred wines of the Court of Louis XIV.

In many cases, the EU PDO / PGI system works parallel with the system used in the specified country, and in some cases is subordinated to the appellation system that was already instituted, particularly with wine, for example, and in France ( in particular ) with cheese, for example Maroilles ( as most others ) has both PDO ( AOP in French ) and AOC classifications, but generally only the AOC classification will be shown.

It is therefore the lowest classification for Rhône AOC wine.

Vins de pays are a step in the French wine classification that is above the table wine ( Vin de table ) classification, but below the VDQS and Appellation d ' origine contrôlée ( AOC ) classifications.

Legislation on the Vin de pays terminology was created in 1973 and passed in 1979, allowing producers to distinguish wines that were made using grape varieties or procedures other than those required by the AOC rules, without having to use the simple and commercially non-viable table wine classification.

However, since the late 1980s, an increase in demand for varietal wines has led some French producers and cooperatives to produce more Vin de Pays, especially Vin de Pays d ' Oc, to make varietal wines with some form of designation, while turning away from the highly restrictive AOC classification which often requires very specific blends of grape varieties.

Despite the lack of official classification within the AOC, some climats within Pouilly-Fuissé have better reputations than others.

As with all Army officers, the military occupational specialty ( MOS ) classification system provides the MC officer with his / her officer branch, area of concentration ( AOC ), branch skill code ( degree of proficiency ), special qualifications identifiers ( SQIs ), additional skill identifiers ( ASIs ), language identification, and reporting classifications.

When the other traditionally top-rated vineyards of Vosne-Romanée were being classified in the 1930s as the AOC system was introduced, owner Henri Lamarche did not apply for Grand Cru status and La Grande Rue therefore remained a Premier Cru: " the explanation is that when the official classification was drawn up he believed there was nothing to be gained except perhaps increased taxes ... the domaine Lamarche from 1985 finally succeeded after a long and persistent campaign in persuading the authorities to reclassify it as grand cru, chiefly on the ground that it shares the same soil band as its neighbours "</ ref > The Great Domaines of Burgundy by Remington Norman & Charles Taylor, Kyle Cathie, 2010, p. 69 </ ref ; and the INAO approved the dossier on 8 – 9 November 1989 andbut due to a political delay the actual decree did not go into effect until 8 July 1992.

Côtes du Rhône AOC is an AOC that covers both the northern and southern sub-regions of Rhône.

Graves AOC is also the name of one Appellation d ' origine contrôlée ( AOC ) which covers most, but not all of the Graves subregion.

Almost all production in Alsace is of AOC wine, since there is no Vin de pays region which covers Alsace.

The Condrieu AOC covers more than 500 acres ( 202 ha ) of hilly terrain located along a 12 miles ( 19 km ) stretch of the Rhône river.

For example, the Côtes du Rhône AOC " covers some, but within its area lies one of the smallest AOCs, Château-Grillet, which occupies less than of land.

The AOC covers the communes of Bannay, Bué, Crézancy, Menetou-Râtel, Ménétréol, Montigny, Saint-Satur, Sainte-Gemme, Sancerre, Sury-en-Vaux, Thauvenay, Veaugues, Verdigny and Vinon.

Typically VDQS is a stepping stone to full AOC status, and unlike VdP covers local rather than regional areas.

The AOC covers much of the Western part of the Savoie AOC for wines made at least in part from the regional grape variety known as Altesse or Roussette.

At the lowest level is generic AOC Muscadet which covers the entire 32, 000 acres ( 13, 000 hectare ) region.

When the decoration covers the whole vessel they are known as all-over corded ( AOC ) beakers.

The appellation covers the lower parts of the Corton hill and includes several subordinate vineyard names, or climats, within the AOC.