As I've seen that some of you didn't konw that the walnuts were a symbol of Grenoble I've decided to tell you a bit more about that in my post today.
First of all: was is an AOC (in French: Appellation d'Origine Controlée)?
Here in France, some products must come from a certain area and must be produced in a certain way in order to have the genuine name of the product (some famous exemples could be Champagne or Roquefort cheese).
Some european equivalents to french AOC are :
Grenoble walnuts have had the label AOC since 1938 (June, 17th to be sharply exact!)
You can find more information just here : www.aoc-noixdegrenoble.com (in French only).
First of all: was is an AOC (in French: Appellation d'Origine Controlée)?
Here in France, some products must come from a certain area and must be produced in a certain way in order to have the genuine name of the product (some famous exemples could be Champagne or Roquefort cheese).
Some european equivalents to french AOC are :
- DOC (Denominazione di Origine Controllata) in Italia
- QbA (Qualitätswein) in Germany
- D.O.(Denominación de origen) in Spain
Grenoble walnuts have had the label AOC since 1938 (June, 17th to be sharply exact!)
You can find more information just here : www.aoc-noixdegrenoble.com (in French only).
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