wine that does not meet the minimum qualifications and standards for use of a designation by appellation of origin (where the grapes are grown) or by varietal content; may only be labeled by proprietary (made-up) name, by general color (such as `vin rouge', `vino rosso', `rotwein', `red wine', etc.), or by general class (as `vin ordinaire', `vin de table', `vino da tavola', `tafelwein', `table wine', etc.)
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Examples of generic wine
generic wine
Is also a semi-generic term for a red wine in similar style to that of Bordeaux.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Bulk tanks and local bottling is still limited to the low end generic wine market.
From the guardian.co.uk
She says Hong Kong qualifies less as a generic wine hub than one for bottles worth $100 or more.
From the bloomberg.com
Wine was also used as a generic medication, being taken to have medicinal virtue.
From the en.wikipedia.org
A remarkably serious wine for a variety that's usually generic at best.
From the sfgate.com
That has led many Americans to think of Australian wine as pretty good, yet cheap and generic.
From the online.wsj.com
We put the three together into a wine that has the generic name GSM and which we label as our Three's Company.
From the charlotteobserver.com
It was suggested by Athenaeus that Pramnian was a generic name referring to a dark wine of good quality and aging potential.
From the en.wikipedia.org
I call it beige in the most insulting way, as chardonnay long ago became kind of a generic term for a glass of insipid white wine in any bar in the land.
From the dinersjournal.blogs.nytimes.com
