Definition of vin de table in English:
vin de table
nounPlural vins de tableˌvã də ˈtɑːbl(ə)ˌvan
mass nounFrench table wine of reasonable quality, suitable for accompanying a meal.
Example sentencesExamples
- Monsieur and Madame Ginola were not fine wine collectors. ‘They didn't have much money, but the cellar was always full of vins de table,’ their son recalls.
- To increase the quality across the board for Burgundy there should be a similar compulsory system, where the wines that fail to meet the standards are downgraded to vin de table status.
- What I try to avoid is mass-produced bottom-of-the-barrel troisième cru vin de table distilled from grapes grown in a soil unsuitable for the Chardonnay grape being passed off as potable.
- And when she arrived, it was in a flurry of activity and with a whiff of vin de table which was evident to anybody within a 10-yard radius.
- While making up our minds, we ordered a 500 ml carafe of the house red, which was a Roncier vin de table.
- Our table was groaning with plates of meze and dressed with chilled bottles of Villa Doluca (the ubiquitous vin de table of Turkey).
- In reality, Vin de Pays is the second tier of the French quality hierarchy and the category just above basic vin de table.
Origin
French, literally 'table wine'.