Editing Appellation (section)

===France===
In 1935, the [[Institut National des Appellations d'Origine]] (INAO), a branch of the [[Ministry of Agriculture (France)|French Ministry of Agriculture]], was created to manage wine-processing in France.  In the [[Rhône wine|Rhone wine region]] [[Baron Pierre Le Roy Boiseaumarié]], a lawyer and winegrower from [[Châteauneuf-du-Pape]], obtained legal recognition of the [[Côtes du Rhône]] appellation of origin in 1937. The AOC seal, or [[Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée]], was created and mandated by French laws in the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s.

Before 1935, despite the fact that the INAO was yet to be created, [[champagne (wine)|champagne]] enjoyed an appellation control by virtue of [[Protected designation of origin|legal protection]] as part of the [[Treaty of Madrid (1891)|Treaty of Madrid]].  The treaty stated that only sparkling wine produced in [[Champagne (wine region)|Champagne]] and adhering to the standards defined for that name as an [[Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée]] could be called champagne. This right was reaffirmed in the [[Treaty of Versailles]] after [[World War I]].