<P> British Columbia is divided into four "Designated Viticultural Areas" ("DVAs"): Okanagan Valley, Vancouver Island, Fraser Valley, and the Similkameen Valley . Ontario includes four DVAs: Niagara Peninsula, Lake Erie North Shore, Pelee Island, and Prince Edward County . </P> <P> On June 11, 2012, Nova Scotia launched its first appellation, Tidal Bay . </P> <P> The American Viticultural Area ("AVA") is for the United States . The only requirement to use the 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 American Viticultural Area was in Augusta, Missouri, in 1980 . Augusta's wine region approval was based largely on its long historical relationship with wine in the United States . The Augusta wine - growing area is a 15 - square - mile (39 km) plot of land along the Missouri River, which moderates temperature and provides an appropriate climate for growing grapes . </P> <Ul> <Li> European Union: Protected Designation of Origin <Ul> <Li> Austria: Districtus Austriae Controllatus </Li> <Li> Cyprus: Ελεγχόμενη Ονομασία Προέλευσης </Li> <Li> France: Appellation d'origine contrôlée </Li> <Li> Germany: German wine classification </Li> <Li> Greece: ονομασία προελεύσεως ελεγχομένη </Li> <Li> Italy: Denominazione di Origine Controllata </Li> <Li> Luxembourg: Appellation contrôlée </Li> <Li> Portugal: Denominação de Origem Controlada </Li> <Li> Romania: Denumire de Origine Controlată </Li> <Li> Spain: Denominación de Origen </Li> <Li> United Kingdom: Quality Wine Scheme </Li> </Ul> </Li> <Li> Switzerland: Appellation d'origine contrôlée </Li> <Li> Australia: Australian Geographical Indications </Li> <Li> Argentina: Denominación de Origen - see also: Argentine wine </Li> <Li> Canada: Vintners Quality Alliance </Li> <Li> Brazil: Denominação de Origem </Li> <Li> Chile: see Chilean wine </Li> <Li> South Africa: Wine of Origin </Li> <Li> United States: American Viticultural Area </Li> </Ul>

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