Wine formally offered in honour of a special guest.
敬客酒，敬饮酒
Example sentencesExamples
We laid wreaths, made speeches, and drank vin d'honneur, a celebratory glass of Lindauer provided by courtesy of our Embassy in Paris
After an exhaustive day of tastings, lunch with wine, more tastings, and then staggering back for (naturally) pre-concert vins d'honneur, those sofas were a terrible temptation.
I thanked the mayor for the reception, then everyone drank a toast of le vin d'honneur.