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Table wine (rarely abbreviated TW) is a wine term with two different meanings: a style of wine and a quality level within wine classification.
In the United States, the term primarily designates a wine style: an ordinary wine which is not fortified or expensive and is not usually sparkling.[1][2]
In the European Union wine regulations, the term is the lower of two overall quality categories, the higher of which is quality wines produced in specified regions (QWPSR). All levels of national wine classification systems within the EU correspond to either TW or QWPSR, although the terms that actually appear on wine labels are defined by national wine laws with the EU regulations as a framework.
Most EU countries have a national classification called table wine in the country's official language. Examples include vin de table in France, vino da tavola or sometimes vino da pasto[3] (pasto meaning meal) in Italy, vino de mesa in Spain, vinho de mesa in Portugal, Tafelwein in Germany, and επιτραπέζιος οίνος (epitrapézios oínos) in Greece. These classifications generally represent the lowest level of classification in their country.
- ^ Jackson, Ronald S. (2020). Table Wines. Academic Press. pp. 1–20. ISBN 978-0-12-816118-0. Retrieved 6 April 2022.
Table wines are subdivided into "still" and "sparkling" categories, depending on the wine's carbon dioxide content.
- ^ "table wine". lexico.com. 2022. Archived from the original on August 8, 2020. Retrieved 4 April 2022.
Wine of moderate quality considered suitable for drinking with a meal.
- ^ "Vino da Pasto". wein.plus. Retrieved 2024-06-08.