Wine fraud "Appellation d'origine contrôlée" (AOC) used in France, the "Denominazione di origine controllata" (DOC) used in Italy, the "Denominação de Origem Controlada" (DOC) used in Portugal, and the "Denominación de Origen" (DO) system used in Spain. Producers who are registered in each appellation must abide by the appellation's rules, including exact percentage of grapes (often 100%) that must come from that region. Producers who fraudulently use grapes outside the region they are proclaiming on their wine labels can be caught by the appellation's authorities. As it became more difficult to fraudulently label wines with the wrong provenance, label fraud soon evolved
Laws of the Indies Laws of the Indies The Laws of the Indies () are the entire body of laws issued by the Spanish Crown for the American and Philippine possessions of its empire. They regulated social, political, religious, and economic life in these areas. The laws are composed of myriad decrees issued over the centuries and the important laws of the 16th century, which attempted to regulate the interactions between the settlers and natives, such as the Laws of Burgos (1512) and the New Laws (1542). Throughout the 400 years of Spanish presence in these parts of the world, the laws were compiled