Appellation definition
/What is Appellation?
Appellation is a legally protected geographic name under which a winery is authorized to identify and market its wine. The appellation typically appears on the front label of a wine bottle. In order to use the name in its marketing materials, a winery may have to meet a number of requirements. For example, its grapes must be grown within a specific geographic region, only certain grape varieties can be used, the wine has a minimum alcoholic content, and/or the vineyard does not exceed a specified grape yield per acre.
Some appellations cover relatively broad regions, while others are very tightly defined, sometimes encompassing an area in which there is only one operating winery.