The place where the dark/high caco chocolate originates/is grown and is harvested is now identified in a similar manner to wines in the sense that terroir is important for judging flavor and quality, aroma, physical properties, etc.

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Correction: cacAo sorry. Actual chocolate content, etc.

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Purity and high cacao content are involved in this distinction. The highest quality is over 72% (pure bitter chocolate, no additivies)

Entiendo que al igual que el vino existen variedades de chocolate y se las nombra por el lugar donde se originó.Donde se lo cosecha y procesa.
Estas referencias que te envío esta´bastante buena.

The Gourmet Retailer - Current issue of The Gourmet Retailer, featuring the current news, articles and columns from the magazine. ... consumers' experience with the origins and tasting notes of wine and coffee has helped pave ... bad, because cacao beans from different origins produce very distinctive tasting notes ...gourmetretailer.com/gourmetretailer/magazine/article_display.jsp?... -

New Website Launched to Expand Consumer Awareness about Importance of Wine Origins. Center for Wine Origins logo. ( PRNewsFoto) WASHINGTON, DC USA 09/28/2005 ... PRNewswire/ -- Today, the newly-created Center for Wine Origins announced the launch of http://www.wineorigins ... Each month, a different variety of wine will be featured along with ...prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=109&STORY=/www/story/...&EDATE= - 46k

... de azúcar, vainilla, y normalmente lecitina. El chocolate semi-amargo tiene un sabor profundo, cargado ... variedades, muchos de los cuales se nombran por sus lugares de origen ...www.donveitia.com/sp/Cocoa_glossary.htm - 101k -

Espero te ayude en algo!

... as wine it should have it's own D.O
Yo lo pondría así y luego aclararía como nota qué es el la D.O (Denominación de Orígen) de los vinos:

Denominación de Origen - Term used in Spain for certain food products with special characteristics and that are similar to each other. It also refers to the geographical area in which certain food products are produced
http://www.torres.es/eng/asp/vyc_glosario.asp?letra=D

Wordreference.com

"de origen" for wine is another way of saying "denominación de origen"

appears in most dictionaries.

I am certain that the context is referring to the selection of products, wine included based on the origin and quality. The guarantee of origin and quality (product quality guarantee) can be applied to a number of products such as wine and chocolate in the given context.

I hope that helps!

designacion de origin= Designation of Origin

in order to talk about this as meant in Spanish, you have to use the formal name

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geographical designations (ie Protected Designation of Origin and ... chocolate (and other food preparations containing cocoa). ...
www.defra.gov.uk/foodrin/foodname/guidance.pdf - Similar pages


Show Notes: Summer Fancy Food ShowPDO (Protected Designation of Origin) covers the name of a region or a ... Lake Champlain Chocolates added two bars to its Select Origin Chocolate line with ...
www.gourmetretailer.com/gourmetretailer/ magazine/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000621175 - 69k - Cached - Similar pages


or you can say: select origin chocolates, like wines,

then it will be understood!!

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Final: which include dark unsweetend select origin chocolate, as in the case of wines