A. Brazil
B. China
C. Switzerland
D. Japan
Vin Mousseux
Sparkling wine, made either by SECONDARY FERMENTATION The following content is accessible for members only, please sign in.Vin Liquoreux
A very sweet, syrupy white wine, generally madeThe following content is accessible for members only, please sign in.Vin Gris
Vin gris is not the same as pinot gris, the name of a white grape variety.The following content is accessible for members only, please sign in.Vin Délimité de Qualité Supérieure (VDQS)
Vin de Garde
A wine to save—in other words, a wineThe following content is accessible for members only, please sign in.Vendange Tardive
In Alsace, the term for wines made from late-picked, very ripe grapes.The following content is accessible for members only, please sign in.Vigneron
Literally “vine grower.” Many French The following content is accessible for members only, please sign in.Vin de Pays
Country wine—an everyday wine from a specific region,The following content is accessible for members only, please sign in.Vin de Table
Table wine. Generally used to indicate a simpleThe following content is accessible for members only, please sign in.
The Great White Wine Emojency
If you’ve ever used the red wine or sparkling wine emojis (and so many of us have), it seems odd that there’s isn’t a white wine emoji. Especially odd now, at least in the US, where white wine consumption has surpassed red.
New Zealand (home to lots of zesty white wines) isn’t sitting this one out. As recently reported in the ARENI newsletter (Areni is a wine think-tank), the New Zealand Winegrowers association has decided to tackle the injustice. In April 2026 they officially launched The Great White Wine Toast, a global public campaign demanding the creation of a white wine emoji.
Alas, birthing a new emoji is easier said than done. The following content is accessible for members only, please sign in.
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