Denominación de origen is a quality ensurance and labelling system for The Kingdom of Spain or Spain ( Spanish: Reino de España or España; Catalan: Regne dEspanya; Basque: Espainiako Erresuma; Galician: Reino da España) is a country located in the southwest of Europe. It shares the Iberian Peninsula with Portugal, Gibraltar and Andorra. To the... Spanish This article is about the beverage. See WINE for an article about the software of the same name. Wine is an alcoholic beverage resulting from the fermentation of grapes or grape juice. The word comes from Greek Fοινος through Latin vinum, (both wine and the... wines (an 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... appellation). It is closely modelled after the The Italian Republic or Italy ( Italian: Repubblica Italiana or Italia) is a country in southern Europe. It comprises a boot-shaped peninsula and two large islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia, and shares its northern alpine boundary with France, Switzerland, Austria and Slovenia. The independent countries of San... Italian Denominazione di origine controllata is an Italian quality ensurance label for food products and especially wines (an appellation). It is modelled after the French AOC. It was instituted in 1963 and overhauled in 1992 for compliance with the equivalent EU law on Protected Designation of Origin, which came into effect... DOC.

It knows the same two levels of labels as the Italian system, which are named

• DO — Denominación de Origen
• DOCa — Denominación de Origen Calificada

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