Registered geographic indication products in China

Bordeaux

Name: Bordeaux

Place of origin:

(1) Grape plantation：501 towns in Gironde

(2) Brewing area: 501 towns in Gironde, 10 towns in Département de la Dordogne and 10 towns in Département de Lot-et-Garonne.

Product description:

White wines can only be made from the following varieties:

Main varieties: sémillon B, sauvignon B, sauvignon gris G, muscadelle B.

Second varieties:  colombard B, merlot blanc B, ugni blanc B.

Red wine and pink wine can only be made from the following varieties:

cabernet-sauvignon N, cabernet franc N, merlot N, cot N, carmenère N, petit verdot N.

Rule of Product Proportion: In the production of grapes for white wine, the proportion of secondary grape varieties should be no more than 30% of the total.

Natural and humanistic factors:

The geological foundation of the region is limestone, leading to a soil structure that is heavy in calcium. The Gironde estuary dominates the region along with its tributaries, the Garonne and the Dordogne rivers, and together irrigates the land and provides an Atlantic Climate annual rainfall of 700 mm to 800 mm. The weather is hot and sunshine is intense at the end of the grape growing period.

The wine was introduced to the Bordeaux region by the Romans, probably in the mid-1st century, to provide wine for local consumption, and wine production has been continuous in the region since then.

Tequila

Name: Tequila

Place of origin: 125 cities in Jalisco, 7 cites in Guanajuato, 30 cities in Michoacan, 8 cities in Nayarit, 11 cities in Tamaulip.

Product description:

Only the alcoholic beverage made from blue Weber agave can be called Tequila. There are 5 degrees of Tequila -- Silver, Gold, Aged, Extra-Aged and Ultra-Aged. Different degrees of Tequila have different colors and tastes. The more aged Tequila has darker color and more taste.

The alcohol content of Tequila is no less than 35mg/100ml, but no more than 55mg/100ml.

Natural and humanistic factors:

Tequila was first produced in the 16th century near the location of the city of Tequila, which was not officially established until 1666. A fermented beverage from the agave plant known as pulque was consumed in pre-Columbian central Mexico before European contact. When the Spanish conquistadors ran out of their own brandy, they began to distill agave to produce one of North America's first indigenous distilled spirits.

Some 80 years later, around 1600, Don Pedro Sánchez de Tagle, the Marquis of Altamira, began mass-producing tequila at the first factory in the territory of modern-day Jalisco. By 1608, the colonial governor of Nueva Galicia had begun to tax his products. Spain's King Carlos IV granted the Cuervo family the first license to commercially make tequila.

Napa Valley（Wines）

Name: Napa Valley（Wines）

Place of origin:

(1) Grape plantation: Napa Valley, Napa County, California, USA

(2) Brewing area: California, USA

Product description:

Wine produced in California, using at least 85% or more of the grapes from the Napa Valley "American Wine Growing Area" in Napa County.

The wines are rich in taste and full-bodied with pure flavor of fruit, and because of different varieties of grapes and aging time, the color of white wine can be colorless, grape stalk yellow, green, golden yellow; the color of pink wine can be pink and red rose, and the color of red wine can be purple, ruby red, red and brown.

The alcohol content of the wines ranges from 7mg/100ml to 24 mg/100ml, the ratio of sulfur dioxide content must less than 0.025% and the content of volatile acid less than 1.2g/l.

Natural and humanistic factors:

The soil in the southern end of the valley consists mainly of sediments deposited by earlier advances and retreats of San Pablo Bay while the soil at the northern end of the valley contains a large volume of volcanic lava and ash which is beneficial for growing grapes. And the open southern end of the valley floor is cooler during the growing season due to the proximity of San Pablo Bay while the sheltered, closed northern end is often much warmer.