Sentence examples for of the appellations from inspiring English sources

The result is beautifully balanced wines reflecting the qualities of the appellations from which they come.

"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.

After all, some of the appellations with the most distinctive terroir are from tiny patches of land that are famous in their own right.

To change that would blur the meaning of the appellation and our vision of its wines.

"It wasn't a question of contamination," said Henri Bour, president of the appellation.

Permitting other grapes in brunello in Montalcino would simply dilute the meaning of the appellation.

This is perhaps the greatest landowner in Chablis, with vines in all seven of the appellation's grand-cru vineyards.

Several of the best bodegas in Ribera del Duero are actually just outside the legal boundaries of the appellation.

Stock Up Davos is part of the Graubünden, or Grisons, canton of Switzerland, and the people here are proud of the appellation.

Bordeaux wine-makers can produce only under the strict rules of the Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée (AOC); they cannot make cheaper vin de pays.

The rules of the appellation were not codified until 1968, and the wines did not explode in popularity until the 1980s.