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513The best of DGO and controliran wines can be offered asreserve, and in exceptional years as special reserve.wine classification, Canada Wines from specified areas (three designatedareas in Ontario and four in British Columbia) arelabelled VQA (Vintners’ Quality Alliance, Canada). Wines mustbe made from classic grape varieties or preferred hybrids, andthe wine must contain at least 85% of the variety named on thelabel. Wines described as estate-bottled must be made only fromgrapes owned or controlled by the winery; if a particular vineyarddesignation is used, the site must be within a recognised viticulturalarea and all the grapes must come from the designatedvineyard. Ice wine (see eiswein) made from grapes that havefrozen on the vine, very sweet.wine classification, France Vin de table (or vin ordinaire); vin depays (subdivided into vin de pays de zone for wines from a singlearea; départementaux for wines from one département;régionaux for wines from more than one département); vindélimité de qualité supérieure (VDQS); appellation contrôlée(AC) or appellation d’origine contrôlée (AOC) for wines froma specified area, from specified grape varieties grown under controlledconditions.wine classification, Germany Tafelwein (Deutscher Tafelwein isof German origin; wine labelled simply as Tafelwein may be ofmixed origin); Landwein (dry or half-dry wines from one of 15designated areas); Qualitätswein bestimmer Anbaugebeite, QbA(from 11 designated areas and approved grape varieties, sugarmay be added to increase sweetness, each bottle carries a batchnumber (Amtliche Prüfungsnummer, AP), as proof that it complieswith QbA status); Qualitätswein mit Prädikat, QmP (withsix quality gradings based on the level of natural sugar at harvestand extra sugar may not be added: kabinett, light, fruity and delicate,usually dry; spätlese, late picked grapes, dry to sweet;auslese, selected late picked grapes, rich and sweet; beerenauslese,late picked grapes affected by ‘noble rot’ (Botrytiscinerea), always sweet; trockenbeerenauslese, late picked grapesthat have dried to raisins on the vine, strong and sweet; eiswein,rare, made from grapes that have frozen on the vine, very sweet.wine classification, Italy Vini de tavola (Vdt); vini di tavola conindicazione geografica (from a particular area); vini tipici (equivalentto French vin de pays); denominazione di origine controllata(DOC, from specified areas and grape varieties);denominazione di origine controllata e garantita (DOCG, asDOC but with more stringent regulations and control).wine classification, Luxembourg Appellation contrôlée winesmust carry a vintage; bottles carry a neck label awarded by the