VDPCE

[idun]

Tonight whilst eating out we noticed this for the first time on a wine list.

Is it usual, in France? the UK? for decent wine? If it is don't know how we have missed it before.

 

edit for those that don't know, or maybe you all do

vin de pays cuvee exceptionnelle

[suein56]

It could also be this:

Vin De Pays de la Communauté Européenne (VDPCE)

or even:

Vin de Production de la Communauté Européenne

which is perhaps why you might not have noticed it before.

Sue

[idun]

I hadn't thought of that but had heard the expression cuvée exceptionnelle hence my assumption.

[BJSLIV]

It's the lowest EU classification, basically the stuff normally sold in Cubitainers or litre bottles.

[idun]

Now that is interesting BJSLIV, as it was one of the dearer wines.

We didn't buy any as I was driving and husband wasn't bothered last night. The only cubitainers I have ever bought were Carrefour's Cote du Rhone, cannot remember the name of it now, pierrasc, something like that. I a good steady basic table wine and we bought it for several years. Then when they started putting it in cubes we found that they were really handy if we were say going back to England as they were easier to transport. The cubes and the bottled wine was just the same.

[pachapapa]

[quote user="idun"]I hadn't thought of that but had heard the expression cuvée exceptionnelle hence my assumption.[/quote]

Nah! I think they are sort of sealed metal containers that they use in the Saumur area to make cheap artificial champagne.