The Romans also created a precursor to today's appellation systems, as certain regions gained reputations for their fine wines.

In Portugal, a country with one of the oldest wine traditions, the first appellation system in the world was created.

The model for the viticultural areas is the appellation system used in European wine countries to control quality.

And some winemakers have already moved beyond the appellation system.

However, the appellation system in the region is undergoing considerable changes with both new appellations being created and existing ones changing.

The appellation system is intended to protect against fraud by requiring producers to identify the origins of wine.

At present there is no appellation system in Kazakhstan.

During the 1920s serious attempts were made to formulate some kind of classification along the lines of the French appellation system.

The early American appellation system was based on the political boundaries of states and counties.

Today most major European wine producing countries have some appellation system of protected origins.