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In France, the appellation d'origine contrôlée (French pronunciation: [apɛlasjɔ̃ dɔʁiʒin kɔ̃tʁole], lit. ' controlled designation of origin ' ; abbr. AOC [a.o.se] ) is a label that identifies an agricultural product whose stages of production and processing are carried out in a defined geographical area – the terroir – and using ...
Arrêté du 19 juillet 2004 relatif à la composition des comités régionaux vins et eaux-de-vie de l'Institut national des appellations d'origine (in French) Europa.eu: Wine sector: List of quality wines produced in specified regions
The Institut national de l'origine et de la qualité (previously Institut National des Appellations d'Origine) (INAO) is the French organization charged with regulating French agricultural products with protected designation of origin (PDOs). It is controlled by the Government of France, and it forms part of the Ministry of Agriculture.
A new appellation, "petit-Saint-Nectaire" (meaning "small Saint-Nectaire"), given to cheeses that weigh 600 grams, was later included in the specifications. Box of saint Nectaire before aging (affinage) Selles-sur-Cher: Centre-Val de Loire: Selles-sur-Cher is a French goat-milk cheese made in Centre-Val de Loire, France.
The Appellation d'origine contrôlée system was established, governed by a powerful oversight board (Institut national des appellations d'origine, INAO). France has one of the oldest systems for protected designation of origin for wine in the world and strict laws concerning winemaking and production; many European systems are modeled after it.
Created Date: 8/30/2012 4:52:52 PM
In 1962, shortly after the Treaty of Rome created the European Economic Community (EEC, or "Common Market") a set of rules were drawn up in which the normal common organisation of the market for a type of product – normally limited to a pricing system, rules on intervention and a system for trade with third-party countries – was extended in several areas in order to accommodate the diverse ...
Vacqueyras is a French wine Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée (AOC) in the southern Rhône wine region of France, along the banks of the River Ouvèze. [1] It is primarily a red wine region with some white and rosé wines being produced.