Europeans fussed about appellations and where food came from.
Earlier this year, the EU agreed to protect Georgia's geographical appellations in a bid to reduce counterfeit wine.
Two-word appellations have not deterred Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic from becoming tourist destinations.
The need to demystify things for foreigners ill-versed in the 57 Bordeaux appellations is now causing a row in a troubled industry.
"It links the classicism of the appellations with the tastes of the new world," says Jean Berteau, head of the Compagnie Rhodanienne, the wine's maker.
What creates a wine's character, they argue, is the terroir that mysterious combination of soil and microclimate that gives appellations contrôlées their cachet.
While many countries seek to ban some of the most exotic appellations (see article), the quest for originality continues.
Other Western appellations, such as the French hongrois, German Ungar, and Russian vengr, all stem from the name of an early Turkic tribal confederation, the on-ogur (meaning '10 tribes'), which the Hungarians joined in their wanderings toward the west, and does not indicate relationship with the ancient Huns, a Turkic tribe.
Because the names designating many of the Uralic peoples have never been standardized, a wide range of appellations is encountered in references to these groups.
The title Christ, from the Greek word meaning "anointed" or "messiah," was one of several appellations for Jesus, but it increasingly took on a special and important meaning.
