Source: https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/27/4.25
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27 CFR 4.25 - Appellations of origin. | US Law | LII / Legal Information Institute
CFR › Title 27 › Chapter I › Subchapter A › Part 4 › Subpart C › Section 4.25
27 CFR 4.25 - Appellations of origin.
(1)American wine. An American appellation of origin is: (i) The United States; (ii) a State; (iii) two or no more than three States which are all contiguous; (iv) a county (which must be identified with the word “county”, in the same size of type, and in letters as conspicuous as the name of the county); (v) two or no more than three counties in the same State; or (vi) a viticultural area (as defined in paragraph (e) of this section).
(2)Imported wine. An appellation of origin for imported wine is:
(b)Qualification -
(1)American wine. An American wine is entitled to an appellation of origin other than a multicounty or multistate appellation, or a viticultural area, if:
(2)Imported wine. An imported wine is entitled to an appellation of origin other than a multistate appellation, or a viticultural area, if:
(c)Multicounty appellations. An appellation of origin comprising two or no more than three counties in the same State may be used if all of the fruit or other agricultural products were grown in the counties indicated, and the percentage of the wine derived from fruit or other agricultural products grown in each county is shown on the label with a tolerance of plus or minus two percent.
(d)Multistate appellations.
(1)American wine. An appellation of origin comprising two or no more than three States which are all contiguous may be used, if:
(2)Imported wine. An appellation of origin comprising two or no more than three states, provinces, territories, or similar political subdivisions of a country equivalent to a state which are all contiguous may be used if:
(e)Viticultural area -
(i)American wine. A delimited grape-growing region having distinguishing features as described in part 9 of this chapter and a name and a delineated boundary as established in part 9 of this chapter.
(ii)Imported wine. A delimited place or region (other than an appellation defined in paragraph (a)(2)(i), (a)(2)(ii), or (a)(2)(iii)) the boundaries of which have been recognized and defined by the country of origin for use on labels of wine available for consumption within the country of origin.
(2)Establishment of American viticultural areas. A petition for the establishment of an American viticultural area may be made to the Administrator by any interested party, pursuant to part 9 and § 70.701(c) of this chapter. The petition must be made in written form and must contain the information specified in § 9.12 of this chapter.
(3)Requirements for use. A wine may be labeled with a viticultural area appellation if:
(4)Overlap viticultural area appellations. An appellation of origin comprised of more than one viticultural area may be used in the case of overlapping viticultural areas if not less than 85 percent of the volume of the wine is derived from grapes grown in the overlapping area.
For Federal Register citations affecting § 4.25, see the List of CFR Sections Affected, which appears in the Finding Aids section of the printed volume and at www.fdsys.gov.
27 CFR 9.153 — Redwood Valley.
27 CFR 4.23 — Varietal (Grape Type) Labeling.
27 CFR 9.78 — Ohio River Valley.
27 CFR 4.28 — Type Designations of Varietal Significance.
27 CFR 9.93 — Mendocino.
27 CFR 9.74 — Columbia Valley.
27 CFR 9.0 — Scope.