{"id":3092,"date":"2021-05-11T07:14:05","date_gmt":"2021-05-11T05:14:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/divineloire.fr\/en\/questions\/difference-aoc-aop\/"},"modified":"2026-07-15T11:16:18","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T09:16:18","slug":"french-wine-classification-difference-between-aoc-aop","status":"publish","type":"questions","link":"https:\/\/divineloire.fr\/en\/questions\/french-wine-classification-difference-between-aoc-aop\/","title":{"rendered":"In the French wine classification, what is the difference between AOC and AOP?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s just that the AOC &#8211; Appellation d&#8217;Origine Contr\u00f4l\u00e9e &#8211; is a French label, while the AOP &#8211; Appellation d&#8217;origine Prot\u00e9g\u00e9e &#8211; is &#8230; European. But both refer to the set of rules a wine needs to comply with in order to be labelled after a given appellation (e.g. Sancerre). France boasts over 300 appellations. And each one has rules regarding many aspects of the wine production process such as grape varieties, vines localization, yields, aging process,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The French AOC system will be 100 years old in 2037. But what is the difference with the AOP? And what does it stand for?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"rank_math_title":"AOP vs AOC Wine: Decoding French Wine Classifications","rank_math_description":"What is the difference between AOC and AOP wine on a French label? Learn the meanings, history, and standards of these official quality designations.","rank_math_focus_keyword":"aop vs aoc","iawp_total_views":1644},"questions_categories":[639],"class_list":["post-3092","questions","type-questions","status-publish","hentry","questions_categories-wine-culture"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/divineloire.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/questions\/3092","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/divineloire.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/questions"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/divineloire.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/questions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/divineloire.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3092"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"questions_categories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divineloire.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/questions_categories?post=3092"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}