Vin de France is the lowest level of three in the overhauled wine classification system of France, under the intermediate category Indication Géographique Protégée (IGP) and the highest category Appellation d'Origine Protégée (AOP).
Appellation d'origine contrôlée | appellation | Denominazione di origine controllata | denominazione di origine controllata | Institut National des Appellations d'Origine | Appellation d'Origine Protégée | Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée | Appellation |
Fine red wine is produced in the district, in the AOC Côtes de Blaye.
Belonging to the Sauternes appellation in Gironde, in the region of Graves, the winery is located in the commune of Barsac.
Because it is not an AOC cheese, producers can make it with pasteurized milk and ship it to the United States.
It is known for its Laguiole cheese, which has an Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée (label of guaranteed origin), and as the birthplace of the Laguiole knife.
The "Le Puy green lentil" is protected throughout the European Union according to its Protected Designation of Origin and in France as an AOC.
The IGP protected Saucisson Vaudois IGP and the partly AOC protected Boutefas sausage are made from pigs that foraged for acorns in Vaud or Fribourg woods and drank local water.