Can American Wine Be Sold on the Basis of American Places?

In most European wine regions, place matters. That's why in Burgundy, for example, and in the Rhone Valley, in Germany, in much of Italy,

the term most prominently displayed on a label will be the name of a village or commune, often accompanied by the name of a vineyard. The name of the estate, producer or winery will be in smaller print at the bottom of…