Editing Appellation (section)

==History==
The tradition of wine appellation is very old. The oldest references are to be found in the Bible, where ''wine of [[Samaria]]'', ''wine of [[Mount Carmel|Carmel]]'', ''wine of [[Jezreel (city)|Jezreel]]'',<ref>Geoffrey W. Bromiley, ''International Standard Bible Encyclopedia'', Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing, 1995, {{ISBN|0-8028-3784-0}}, {{ISBN|978-0-8028-3784-4}}</ref> or ''wine of [[Helbon]]''<ref>Ezekiel 27:18 ''Damascus was your merchant for the multitude of your handiworks, by reason of the multitude of all kinds of riches, with the wine of Helbon, and white wool''</ref> are mentioned. This tradition of appellation continued throughout the Antiquity and the Middle Ages, though without any officially sanctioned rules. Historically, the world's first exclusive (protected) vineyard zone was introduced in [[Chianti]], [[Italy]] in 1716 and the first wine classification system in [[Tokaj-Hegyalja]], [[Hungary]], in 1730.