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在买酒时，很多人会有一些基本但非常必要的疑问：为什么有些法国葡萄酒用大的字号标明产地，而阿根廷酒只提到品牌名称、葡萄品种、珍藏(reserva)或格兰珍藏(gran reserva)等。像法国那样的原产地命名AOC(Appellation d’origine contrôlée)或者西班牙DOC(Denominación de Origen Controlada)是同一个意思吗? 所有酒标上标着单一葡萄品种都是只有一种葡萄吗?
When one finds oneself in the wine section of a supermarket in Connecticut or Antwerp, the average consumer has some basic but very necessary questions: why do some French wines bear, in large letters, the region from which they come from and, on the other hand, in Argentina, only the brand name, grape variety or whether it is a reserva or gran reserva are mentioned? Do Appellation d’origine contrôlée (AOC) and Denominación de Origen Controlada (DOC) mean the same thing? Are all varietals made up of only one grape?
作为一个葡萄酒生产大国，阿根廷多年来一直在生产不同类型的葡萄酒。像餐酒(table wine)和精品酒(fine wine)的分类在一些国家仍然在用。但相反，阿根廷酒从欧洲葡萄酒标准体协中获得了更多启发。首先，他们区分葡萄的产地；其次，还有其它要素。阿根廷酒的声望之旅刚刚开始，品牌在目前更重要。但这些公司的名声鹊起只是时间问题。同时，至少在酒标的标识上，阿根廷酒需要明确展示自己的存在感，没错，最重要的是产区。
As a wine producing country, Argentina has been working on various lines for many years. Among them, the categorisation of table wine and fine wine, still in force in some countries. And, conversely, it gained strength from the European criteria of organising wines. Firstly, according to the origin of the grapes and secondly, to other variants. Argentine regions have yet to begin their journey of prestige and the brand names are currently more important. But it’s just a matter of time before those gain prominence. Meanwhile, a wine can have a mark of denomination, first, followed by its region according to the scheme detailed below.
CLASSIFICATION SYSTEMS 分级体系
1999年，阿根廷国家酿酒协会(INV)制定了一项法律，确定了阿根廷的葡萄酒产区，并规范了葡萄酒产区的使用和标签上的其他术语。这条法律产生了两种主要的分类系统：
In 1999, the Instituto Nacional de Vitivinicultura (INV) developed a law to identify wine regions in Argentina as well as to regulate the use of wine regions and other terms stated on the label. This law resulted in two main classification systems:
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地理标志(GIs)规定了地理范围和生产方法。阿根廷目前批准的GI有101个。
Geographical Indications (GIs) specify geographical limits and production methods. There are currently 101 GIs approved in Argentina.
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受管制原产地标志(DOCs)明确了风格。阿根廷目前有两个批准的DOC：卢汉德库约(Luján de Cuyo)和对拉斐尔(San Rafael)。
Denomination of Controlled Origin (DOCs)specify style. There are 2 DOCs in Argentina: (1) Luján de Cuyo and (2) San Rafael.
多年来，GI系统已经发生了变化，现在已将葡萄种植区域与风土相连。比如，在过去，一款葡萄酒标签上可能包括GI和DOC(即Mendoza, Luján de Cuyo)或GI(即Valle de Uco)，即葡萄种植的地方。其实，这些产区相当大，因此来自同一GI和/或DOC的两个葡萄园可能会在气候和/或土壤上有着巨大的变化，从而生产出不同品质和风味的葡萄酒。如今，酒标上还标明了葡萄种植真正所在的小区域，如优克谷的Paraje Altamira或门多萨的Paraje Altamira。
GIs have transformed over the years and now attach viticultural areas to the aligning terroir. For instance, in the past, a wine label may have included the GI and DOC (i.e. Mendoza, Luján de Cuyo) or the GI (i.e. Valle deUco) where the grapes were grown.In fact, these areas are quite large, so two vineyards from the same GI and/or DOC could varydrastically in climate and/or soil, thus producing wines of varying quality andflavor.Today,labels also specify smaller areas where the grapes were grown,such as Paraje Altamira in Valle de Uco, or Paraje Altamira in Mendoza.
许多GI是根据行政边界建立的，其中许多边界如下图所示。由于土壤在GI系统的建立中发挥了更大的作用，边界是以葡萄栽培指标为基础的。
Many GIs were established based on political boundaries,Many of which are outlined in the map below.Now that terroir plays more of a role in the establishment of GIs boundaries are based on viticultural indicators.
然而，通过考虑一个地区的地理、形态、气候和土壤来确定边界，往往是武断的，因为在阿根廷，这些特征可能在非常短的距离内就发生巨大的变化。所以，阿根廷葡萄酒行业目前正在努力建立更好的划分小地块的方法，进一步将重点从通性转移到风土的独特细节上。
However,establishing boundaries by considering the geography,morphology,climate,and soil of an area is often arbitrary as these features can vary drastically over very shortdistances in Argentina. The Argentine wine industry is working toward establishing better methods of delimiting smaller parcels to further shift the focus from generalities to the details that make a wine unique.
以上资料主要源自wines of Argentina
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