The Significance of Geographic Indicators: Unraveling the Alphabet

The Significance of Geographic Indicators: Unraveling the Alphabet

You hear these letters thrown around quite a bit; AOC, DOC, AVA, but what do they actually mean? Appellation d’Origine Contrôlée, Denominazione di Origine Controllata, and American Viticultural Area all are shortened into these initialisms that represent designated areas in the wine world. Unlike, AOC and DOC where there is a governing body regulating specifically…