Instead of the controlled appellations like Faugères, for example, they fall back on theoretically less prestigious general geographical categories like Vin de Pays de l'Hérault, which gives consumers an idea of a wine's provenance while allowing producers the option of working outside the rules of the appellation system.
There were appellations never got the explanation of, for example: "The brown curtain," which was a bright royal blue.
While the production of most rums is unregulated, resulting in a veritable Wild West of methods and standards, rhum agricole is an Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée, an appellation with standards defined by the French authorities in the same way as Pauillac, for example, or Roquefort.
So, for example, the predicate 'opinabilis' (credible) ampliates or extends the appellation of a name such as 'man' to cover a wider range, perhaps of no longer existing men, or of men who might have existed, or who might exist in the future.
With widespread availability, we could develop internationally recognized food appellations to rival the French (who have Brie and Puy lentils, for example) and the Italians (with their prosciutto di Parma and Parmigiano-Reggiano). Of course, there are already some American products that are synonymous with a region, like the cherries of Michigan and the grapes of Napa Valley.
Etude, for example, is producing Pinot Noir across a broad swath of regions and appellations, including New Zealand's Central Otago Californiaa's Santa Maria Valley, Santa Rita Hills, Sonoma Coast, and Carneros; and the Yamhill-Carlton District of Oregon's Willamette Valley.
For example, in Southwestern France, Bordeaux and Cotes-du-Rhone are well known appellations, but their neighbors like Languedoc, and Pic St. Loup offer similar taste at a portion of the price.
For example, Carrefour this year offered 2009 Lynch-Bages, one of the most prized wines from the Pauillac appellation in Bordeaux, at €86.75, about $115 , 16percent below the average en primeur price, said Bertrand Le Guern, a retired mathematician who runs a price-tracking Web site.
For example, "c**t" first appeared in a written form around 1230 in the London street name "Gropec**tlane" – this appellation reflecting a location frequented by prostitutes and their clients as well as a public acceptability of the word at that time.
A.O.C., meaning appellation d'origine contrôlée, is the designation that the French give to foodstuffs whose production is limited to specific regions — champagne, for example, or Camembert.
