[P.S. Beginning with the 2012 vintage, France has made some updates to their AOC system. Vin de Pays is now called Indication Geographique Protégée or IGP and AOC is now Appellation d’Origine Protégée or AOP. Many other countries are making updates as well so don’t be alarmed if you see some new words on the wines you love.]
In the last post entitled Fake Wine we talked about the creation of the AOC system in France and how that impacted the wine laws in all of Europe. The primary wine producing countries of Europe all have their own versions of the AOC system and the below map has more detail about each one. Roll your mouse over each country label to learn about that country's wine laws. [P.S. Beginning with the 2012 vintage, France has made some updates to their AOC system. Vin de Pays is now called Indication Geographique Protégée or IGP and AOC is now Appellation d’Origine Protégée or AOP. Many other countries are making updates as well so don’t be alarmed if you see some new words on the wines you love.]
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