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3 unusual facts about AOC


Giens peninsula

There are extensive vineyards on the peninsula, producing the AOC Côtes de Provence label.

Liechtenstein wine

Liechtenstein is part of the European wine quality system and the international AOC classification.

Lowestoft Sixth Form College

The college is a member of the SFCA (Sixth Form Colleges Association), AOC (Association of Colleges) and ACER (Association of Colleges Eastern Region).


Aeronautical Operational Control

An AOC application was traditionally hosted on an ACARS MU or CMU.

Air officer commanding

This title is also used for the appointment of the United Kingdom Air Component Commander in the Middle East, who is dual-hatted as AOC 83 Expeditionary Air Group.

Air operator's certificate

This has occurred with FLYi airline's AOC being bought by Northwest Airlines to start Compass Airlines, now a feeder airline for Delta Air Lines marketed as Delta Connection), and also with Strategic Airlines purchasing the AOC, staff and routes of the failed OzJet airlines.

Aircraft Operating Company

In the 1920s, AOC owned and operated various aircraft, such as Airco DH.9A and Vickers Vendace, but it identified a need for an aircraft designed specifically optimised for aerial surveying and photography.

In early 1939, Sidney Cotton employed the facilities of AOC for production and interpretation of both vertical and oblique aerial photographs taken of ground installations in Germany and elsewhere in clandestine flight operations.

AOC International

The same year AOC received Best in Hardware IT Monitors (Top 100 IT & Telecom, IDG ComputerWorld Magazine) in Brazil.

Blaye

Fine red wine is produced in the district, in the AOC Côtes de Blaye.

Château Val Joanis

The AOC wines of Château de Val Joanis are made with Grenache and Syrah grapes for the red wines and rosés and Grenache blanc, Roussanne, and Ugni blanc for the whites.

City Star Airlines

City Star Airlines started operations on 28 March 2005 with one aircraft flying between Aberdeen, Scotland (Aberdeen Airport) and Oslo (Oslo Gardermoen Airport) in cooperation with and on the AOC of domestic airline Landsflug in Iceland.

Coteaux du Lyonnais

AOC status was granted on May 9, 1984, and was signed by the then Minister for Agriculture, Louis Mermaz.

Coulommiers cheese

Because it is not an AOC cheese, producers can make it with pasteurized milk and ship it to the United States.

Faugères

Faugères AOC, an Appellation d'origine contrôlée (AOC) wine from Faugères, Hérault

Gondi family

In the mid-19th century members of the Gondi family owned a stake in the notable Châteauneuf-du-Pape wine estate Château Fortia.

Judicial Council of California

The AOC has also created a centralized datacenter for the court system, the California Court Technology Center, which is operated under contract by Siemens IT Solutions and Services in Newark.

Le Puy green lentil

The "Le Puy green lentil" is protected throughout the European Union according to its Protected Designation of Origin and in France as an AOC.

Payerne

The IGP protected Saucisson Vaudois IGP and the partly AOC protected Boutefas sausage are made from pigs that foraged for acorns in Vaud or Fribourg woods and drank local water.

RAF Coningsby

On 17 August 1953 52 year old Air Vice-Marshal William Brook, the AOC of 3 Group, took off from the base in a Gloster Meteor, and crashed into a Dutch barn at Bradley, Staffordshire.

Saint-Chinian AOC

With regards to the volume of wine, the Saint-Chinian AOC is the fourth in Languedoc, behind Corbières, Coteaux du Languedoc and Minervois.

Thames, New Zealand

Air Chief Marshal Sir Keith Park – WW2 Air Commander and AOC 11 Group during Battle of Britain (July – October 1940)

Vin de pays

As well as varietal wines (such as Cabernet Sauvignon or Merlot), Vin de Pays is being used to produce non-traditional blends which do not meet the requirements of AOC or VDQS regulations.

Worker–Peasant Alliance

AOC launched the slogan "Neither Kissinger, Nor Brezhnev. National Independence!" (Nem Kissinger, nem Brejnev, independência nacional!).


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