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The INAO, from its origins to the late 1960's. : genesis and evolution of the AOC wines system

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The Comité National des Appellations d’Origine (CNAO), the first form of the Institut National des Appellations d'Origine (INAO), was formally established with the Decree-Law of 30 July 1935. Its creation coincided with the establishment of a new regime, a new quality standard for fine wines, the Appellation d’Origine Contrôlée (AOC). The objective of this research, taking field study this institution, is to understand the characteristics of the regulation of wines between 1935 and the late 1960s, and the interactions at work between the public sphere, State and professional sector, an economic sector, by definition consists of private actors. To achieve the goal, the purpose is structured around three parts, set in a chronological sense. The first part presents the original period of the institution, that is to say that the CNAO for the Between the two world wars. It is the time of the founding of the organization, invention and development of the AOC system. In the context of crises both political, economic, social, wine, the model sets its rules and unfolds quickly in the territory. Beyond the framework developed, the assertion in the profession, in addition to its proponents, however, is more gradual and proceeds in stages, partly because outbreaks of skepticism or reluctance, to his place. The lack of consensus and the multiplicity of local configurations, especially from the point of view of the old elements of expertise and power relations between producers and traders, are part of a registration protean standard and the development of adjustments from these early years. The second moment of the study, focusing its attention on the period 1939-1945, is also marked by the notion of crisis. The entry into the war of France and the establishment of the Vichy Regime, a circuit of Food and the Occupation period upset the balance largely developed in the last years of the Third Republic. The historic reversal of the economic conditions in the wine industry from an overproduction endemic shortage summarizes the changes at work. This period also saw the problem of fraud rebound strongly and take a new dimension. So says a movement, closing and tightening of the rules of the standard. In parallel, the seat of the AOC is enhanced at the expense of AOS. At the institutional level, the CNAO is facing a global redefinition of its relationship to the State frameworks and the organization of the wine industry. The analysis stops in 1945 with the release to establish a strict balance of the organisation and the regime after the Second World War. The third part of the study starts again through a difficult period. Marked by a complicated resurgence of the wine economy, the death of Joseph Capus and his succession by baron Le Roy, the passage of CNAO to INAO, the years 1945 to 1950 are a pivotal period in the history of the institution. From the chronological point of view, this third period of the research is by far the longest since it extends for some elements of reflection until 1967, for more on the horizon 1970. Phenomena funds are changing the face of the Institute over the past twenty years. These include the reform of the organization, from reflection on its status, renewal or incarnation of the gradual establishment of the common organization of the wine market at European level. The period also devotes an expansion of activities and issues of the Institute. Thus, issues such as permissions plantations in areas of AOC, monitoring or VDQS instead of tasting in the control process are now part of its concerns. These developments are in contact with one of a state and a world wine in full mutations.