Appellation
From Freepedia
An appellation in its broadest sense is a name or designation.
Appellation is also a jurisprudential term (see court of appeal).
Ecclesiatical usage
Appellations are terms which are associated with saints, churches, God, and particular events in liturgical Christian churches, both eastern and western. For example, the Visitation is a common appelation for the event during which Mary, the mother of Jesus, went to visit her cousin Elizabeth in the hills as told in the New Testament of the Christian Bible.
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
