vin de pays
It means 'wine of the country'. It basically is talking about a wine that is from that country, so if you went to a shop you might ask, "Quelle est le vin de pays?" which means, "What is the wine of this country?" Vin = wine, de = of, pays = country
The word is Sommelier, a wine steward.
It comes from the French term for a wine broker.
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Vinegar (vin aigre = sour wine)
The meaning of the word viognier is a white wine grape. The viognier is the only grape that is used in the French wine Condrieu that is made in the Rhone Valley.
The word "vinegar" is from Old French. It comes from a word meaning "wine." Please see the related link below.
The English word 'gourmet' comes to us (1820) from the French 'gourmet', altered from the Old French 'grommes' (plural), meaning "wine-tasters, wine merchant's servants" (of uncertain origin), then influenced by the Middle French 'gourmant' meaning "glutton".
A French wine is a wine made in France.
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The term "medoc" does not have any meaning in English, however, it refers to a wine growing region in France. The Red Bordeaux wine from Medoc district of southwestern France.
Wine is 'le vin' in French.