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'''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).<ref name="Wines-France">[http://www.wines-france.com/RaisinAuVin/CategorieVin.aspx Wines of France: Understand French wine categories], accessed on May 13, 2008</ref> VDQS was sometimes written as AOVDQS, with AO standing for ''Appellation d'Origine''.<ref name="OCW VDQS">{{cite encyclopedia |editor=[[Jancis Robinson]] |encyclopedia=[[Oxford Companion to Wine]] |edition=Third |title=VDQS |year=2006 |publisher=Oxford University Press |location=Oxford |isbn=0-19-860990-6 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/oxfordcompaniont00janc/page/728 728] |url=https://archive.org/details/oxfordcompaniont00janc/page/728 }}</ref> VDQS wines were subject to restrictions on yield and vine variety, among others.
'''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).<ref name="Wines-France">[http://www.wines-france.com/RaisinAuVin/CategorieVin.aspx Wines of France: Understand French wine categories], accessed on May 13, 2008</ref> VDQS was sometimes written as AOVDQS, with AO standing for ''appellation d'origine''.<ref name="OCW VDQS">{{cite encyclopedia |editor=[[Jancis Robinson]] |encyclopedia=[[Oxford Companion to Wine]] |edition=Third |title=VDQS |year=2006 |publisher=Oxford University Press |location=Oxford |isbn=0-19-860990-6 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/oxfordcompaniont00janc/page/728 728] |url=https://archive.org/details/oxfordcompaniont00janc/page/728 }}</ref> 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.<ref name="Wines-France"/> In 2005, VDQS wines made up 0.9% of volume amounting from 409,472 [[hectoliter]]s of production.<ref name="INAO 2005 prod">[http://www.inao.gouv.fr/repository/editeur/pdf/stats2005nationales/Superficies_et_recoltes_2005.pdf INAO statistics of vineyard surfaces and production volumes for the 2005-2006 campaign], accessed on May 26, 2008</ref> 42.3% of the VDQS wines produced in that year were white, with the remaining 57.7% being either red or rosé.
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.<ref name="Wines-France"/> In 2005, VDQS wines made up 0.9% of volume amounting from 409,472 [[hectoliter]]s of production.<ref name="INAO 2005 prod">[http://www.inao.gouv.fr/repository/editeur/pdf/stats2005nationales/Superficies_et_recoltes_2005.pdf INAO statistics of vineyard surfaces and production volumes for the 2005-2006 campaign]{{Dead link|date=March 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, accessed on May 26, 2008</ref> 42.3% of the VDQS wines produced in that year were white, with the remaining 57.7% being either red or rosé.


The VDQS category was eliminated altogether in 2011,<ref name="BK VDQS">[http://www.bkwine.com/blog/2008/01/vdqs-to-disappear.html BK Wine January 29, 2008: VDQS to disappear]</ref> with remaining VDQS wines either moving to AOC status or to the EU-governed ''[[protected geographical indication]]'' (French: indication géographique protégée) status.<ref name="LaPresse">{{cite news |url=https://www.lapresse.ca/vins/veronique-rivest/201609/29/01-5025590-une-appellation-gage-de-qualite.php |language=fr |work=[[La Presse (Canadian newspaper)|La Presse]] |first=Véronique |last=Rivest |title=Une appellation, gage de qualité? |date=29 September 2016 |accessdate=3 April 2021}}</ref><ref name="DecanterIGP">{{cite web|last=Kevany|first=Sophie|title=French government unveils sweeping changes to wine sector|date=30 May 2008|url=http://www.decanter.com/news/wine-news/485799/french-government-unveils-sweeping-changes-to-wine-sector|publisher=Decanter.com|access-date=11 November 2010}}</ref>
The VDQS category was eliminated altogether in 2011.<ref name="BK VDQS">[http://www.bkwine.com/blog/2008/01/vdqs-to-disappear.html BK Wine January 29, 2008: VDQS to disappear]</ref>


== History ==
== History ==
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The frequency with which new VDQS were created varied over the years. Between 1984 and 1994 not a single new VDQS was added.<ref name="OCW VDQS"/>
The frequency with which new VDQS were created varied over the years. Between 1984 and 1994 not a single new VDQS was added.<ref name="OCW VDQS"/>


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 [[Ministry of Agriculture (France)|French Minister of Agriculture]] on March 23, 2006, among other things proposed a simplification of the French wine classification system. This included eliminating the VDQS category.<ref>[http://www.lib.calpoly.edu/staff/fvuotto/research_corner/wine/winebusinessinsider/wbiv16n13.pdf French Wine Crisis: the Pomel Report] Wine Business Insider, April 4, 2006, p. 6-7</ref> After political deliberations that somewhat delayed the initial timelines for the reform, the [[French parliament]] made the proposal into law in December 2007. The final wines labelled VDQS were those of the 2010 vintage, and by December 31, 2011, VDQS was removed entirely from the classification system.<ref>[http://www.truewines.co.nz/news.php?nt=2&nid=224239 End of VDQS delayed] Truewines News Service</ref> Existing VDQS areas had until then to either qualify for full AOC status or to become ''[[Vin de pays]]''.<ref name="BK VDQS"/> Almost all VDQS areas opted to achieve AOC status, initiating relevant procedures in 2008-2009.
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 [[Ministry of Agriculture (France)|French minister of agriculture]] on March 23, 2006, among other things proposed a simplification of the French wine classification system. This included eliminating the VDQS category.<ref>[http://www.lib.calpoly.edu/staff/fvuotto/research_corner/wine/winebusinessinsider/wbiv16n13.pdf French Wine Crisis: the Pomel Report]{{Dead link|date=March 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Wine Business Insider, April 4, 2006, p. 6-7</ref> After political deliberations that somewhat delayed the initial timelines for the reform, the [[French parliament]] made the proposal into law in December 2007. The final wines labelled VDQS were those of the 2010 vintage, and by December 31, 2011, VDQS was removed entirely from the classification system.<ref>[http://www.truewines.co.nz/news.php?nt=2&nid=224239 End of VDQS delayed] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724154421/http://www.truewines.co.nz/news.php?nt=2&nid=224239 |date=2011-07-24 }} Truewines News Service</ref> Existing VDQS areas had until then to either qualify for full AOC status or to become ''[[vin de pays|vins de pays]]''. The latter was itself replaced by the ''[[protected geographical indication]] (PGI)'' classification (in France generally in its French form: ''indication géographique protégée'').<ref name="BK VDQS"/><ref name="LaPresse"/><ref name="DecanterIGP"/> Almost all VDQS areas opted to achieve AOC status, initiating relevant procedures from 2008 to 2009.{{Citation needed|date=May 2022}}


==See also==
==See also==
* [[List of VDQS wines]]
* [[List of VDQS wines]]
* [[Geographical indications and traditional specialities in the European Union]]
* [[Geographical indications and traditional specialities in the European Union]]
* [[Quality wines produced in specified regions]]
*[[Development hell]]


==References==
==References==
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Revision as of 11:34, 22 March 2023

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.[1] In 2005, VDQS wines made up 0.9% of volume amounting from 409,472 hectoliters of production.[3] 42.3% of the VDQS wines produced in that year were white, with the remaining 57.7% being either red or rosé.

The VDQS category was eliminated altogether in 2011,[4] with remaining VDQS wines either moving to AOC status or to the EU-governed protected geographical indication (French: indication géographique protégée) status.[5][6]

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 Algeria was still a French colony, a number of Algerian crus were granted VDQS status. At the time of Algerian independence in 1962, they numbered 12.[7]

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 French minister of agriculture on March 23, 2006, among other things proposed a simplification of the French wine classification system. This included eliminating the VDQS category.[8] After political deliberations that somewhat delayed the initial timelines for the reform, the French parliament made the proposal into law in December 2007. The final wines labelled VDQS were those of the 2010 vintage, and by December 31, 2011, VDQS was removed entirely from the classification system.[9] Existing VDQS areas had until then to either qualify for full AOC status or to become vins de pays. The latter was itself replaced by the protected geographical indication (PGI) classification (in France generally in its French form: indication géographique protégée).[4][5][6] Almost all VDQS areas opted to achieve AOC status, initiating relevant procedures from 2008 to 2009.[citation needed]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Wines of France: Understand French wine categories, accessed on May 13, 2008
  2. ^ a b Jancis Robinson, ed. (2006). "VDQS". Oxford Companion to Wine (Third ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. pp. 728. ISBN 0-19-860990-6.
  3. ^ INAO statistics of vineyard surfaces and production volumes for the 2005-2006 campaign[permanent dead link], accessed on May 26, 2008
  4. ^ a b BK Wine January 29, 2008: VDQS to disappear
  5. ^ a b Rivest, Véronique (29 September 2016). "Une appellation, gage de qualité?". La Presse (in French). Retrieved 3 April 2021.
  6. ^ a b Kevany, Sophie (30 May 2008). "French government unveils sweeping changes to wine sector". Decanter.com. Retrieved 11 November 2010.
  7. ^ Jancis Robinson, ed. (2006). "Algeria". Oxford Companion to Wine (Third ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. pp. 11–12. ISBN 0-19-860990-6.
  8. ^ French Wine Crisis: the Pomel Report[permanent dead link] Wine Business Insider, April 4, 2006, p. 6-7
  9. ^ End of VDQS delayed Archived 2011-07-24 at the Wayback Machine Truewines News Service