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Appellation
An appellation in its broadest sense is a name or designation.
Appellation is also a jurisprudential term (see court of appeal).
Wine
With respect to wine, it refers to a geographical-based term used to identify where the grapes for a wine were grown.
- European Union: Protected Designation of Origin
- Austria: Districtus Austria Controllatus
- France: Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée, that goes beyond geography (and wine)
- Germany: see German wine classification
- Italy: Denominazione di Origine Controllata
- Portugal: Denominação de Origem Controlada
- Spain: Denominación de Origen
- Chile: defines and regulates its wine regions
- South Africa: Wine of Origin
- United States: American Viticultural Area
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