Editing Appellation (section)

==North America==

===Canada===
{{See also|Vintners Quality Alliance#Appellations|Cellared in Canada}}
[[Canadian wine]] appellations are regulated by the [[Vintners Quality Alliance]] system. The system covers the provinces of [[British Columbia]] and [[Ontario]].{{citation needed|date=December 2017}}

British Columbia is divided into four "Designated Viticultural Areas" ("DVAs"): [[Okanagan Valley (wine region)|Okanagan Valley]], [[Vancouver Island]], [[Fraser Valley]], and the [[Similkameen River|Similkameen Valley]]. Ontario includes three DVAs: [[Niagara Peninsula]], [[Lake Erie]] North Shore, and [[Prince Edward County, Ontario|Prince Edward County]].<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.vqaontario.ca/Appellations | title=VQA Ontario · the Appellations · Overview}}</ref>

On June 11, 2012, [[Nova Scotia]] launched its first appellation,  Tidal Bay.<ref>{{cite web |title=Tidal Bay Nova Scotia's Signature Appellation |url=https://gaspereauwine.ca/tidal-bay.html |website=Gaspereau Vineyards |publisher=Gaspereau Vineyards |access-date=29 May 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Tidal Bay: Nova Scotia's Signature Wine |url=https://winesofnovascotia.ca/tidal-bay-nova-scotias-signature-wine/ |website=Wines of Nova Scotia |publisher=Wine Growers Nova Scotia (WGNS) |access-date=29 May 2022}}</ref>

===United States===
{{See also|List of American Viticultural Areas}}
The [[American Viticultural Area]] ("AVA") is for the United States. The only requirement to use an AVA name on the wine label is that 85% of the wine must have come from grapes grown within the geographical AVA boundaries. The first AVA was in [[Augusta, Missouri]], in June 1980. The approval of the [[Augusta AVA]] was based largely on its long historical relationship with wine in the United States.<ref name="Pingelton">{{cite web | author=Pingelton, Tim | url=http://wine.appellationamerica.com/wine-review/89/America%E2%80%99s-first-appellation.html | title=The Soul of Augusta | date=December 8, 2005 | website=Appellation American | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080724231032/http://www.wine.appellationamerica.com/wine-review/89/America%E2%80%99s-first-appellation.html  | archive-date=2008-07-24  | url-status=live}}</ref>  The Augusta wine-growing area is a {{convert|15|sqmi|km2|adj=on}} plot of land along the Missouri River, which moderates temperature and provides an appropriate climate for growing grapes.<ref name="Augusta_Establish">{{cite web |url= https://archives.federalregister.gov/issue_slice/1980/6/20/41630-41634.pdf#page=4 |  website= Federal Register | title= Augusta Viticultural Area | publisher=[[ Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms |Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF)]] |format=27 CFR 9 [T.D. ATF-72; Notice No. 325] Final rule| pages= 41632–41634 |date=1980-06-20}}{{PD-notice}}</ref>

States or counties can also be used in lieu of an AVA to designate the origin of a wine, provided that 75% of the grapes used in the wine are grown in the state or county listed on the label.