1. 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.) Noun