Vin de France is the lowest level of three in the overhauled wine classification system of France, ranked below the intermediate category indication géographique protégée (IGP) and the highest category Appellation d'origine protégée (AOP).
The former vin de table category, which represented the simplest wines produced in France, had suffered from decreasing sales for several decades.
As a result of the ongoing crisis in the French wine industry, Bernard Pomel was tasked with making proposals on how to remedy the situation.
The reform included some liberalisation of the regulations surrounding the EU table wine category.
[5][6] Some saw the vin de France category as more adapted to the needs of large wine companies rather than small producers.