Creation of the first official guidelines that delineate local winemaking regions was long overdue. While this will improve the transparency of the industry, it could also spark some problematic diplomatic and economic repercussionsIt was supposed to happen a long time ago. Veteran wine countries like France and Italy, as well as many younger producers, have prided themselves for decades on their mapping system, called appellation, for representing the legal and geographic boundaries of their winemaking regions. But Israel's industry was forced to wait.