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Makers revel in the categorisation vin de table or vin de France, historically a label for cheap plonk, and tend to produce fresh, young wines to be drunk now.

Diners have long griped about the mark-up charged by restaurants on vin de table.

Up to now the language of wine - Champagne, terroir, vin de table, appellation controlee, premier cru - has been French.

Now residents of the French capital and tourists who embraced the Vélib bicycle hire scheme will soon be able to zip around town in environmentally friendly electric cars for less than the price of the average bottle of vin de table.

The results are heady vin de table, if not quite vintage stuff.