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What is the name of the quality control body in France?
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submitted by Harsh Joshi
There
are two control quality offices in France. And in top of that
each local wine appellation can initiated an internal wine
quality control to raise the quality of its wines.
The control
of quality of the wine in France depends of the classification
grade the wine belongs to :
- Vin
de table: no specific quality control, wine is under european
regulation.
- Vin
de Pays : there is a quality control initiated by VINIFLHOR
(Office National Interprofessionnel des Vins). This office
recently replaced the former Onivins office.
- AOVDQS
: the wine is controled by the INAO office (Institut National
des Appellations d’Origine). The regulation is in between
Vin de Pays and AOC.
- AOC
: all the wines are strictly regulated and controled by the
INAO office. The control quality is stronger than for Vin
de Pays or AOVDQS wines.
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