Designation of origin means the name of a region, a specific place or, in exceptional cases, a country used to describe a wine that complies with the following requirements:
(i) its quality and characteristics are essentially or exclusively due to a particular geographical environment with its inherent natural and human factors;
(ii) the grapes from which it is produced come exclusively from this geographical area;
(iii) its production takes place in this geographical area; and
(iv) it is obtained from vine varieties belonging to Vitis vinifera;
Geographical indication means an indication referring to a region, a specific place or, in exceptional cases, a country, used to describe a wine which complies with the following requirements:
(i) it possesses a specific quality, reputation or other characteristics attributable to that geographical origin;
(ii) at least 85 % of the grapes used for its production come exclusively from this geographical area;
(iii) its production takes place in this geographical area; and
(iv) it is obtained from vine varieties belonging to Vitis vinifera or a cross between the Vitis vinifera species and other species of the genus Vitis.
