[Term] A.O.C. [Definition] 
Abbreviation for Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée, literally a wine whose Appellation is of controlled origin, as specified under French law. The AOC laws specify and delimit the geography from which a particular wine (or other food product) may originate and methods by which it may be made. The regulations are administered by the Institut National des Appellations d'Origine, or INAO.