Question on Champagne?!
Question on Champagne?
Is it true that only wine that comes from France can be named Champagne with a capital C. And everyone else who wants to name there wine champagne has to have a lower case c.
Answers:
Basic Champagne Guidelines:
All aspects of the Champagne process must take place in the Department of the same name in NE region of France. Main Champagne producton centres are Epernay & Reims.
Sparkling wines made elsewhere in France and throughout the rest of the world cannot legally use the term 'Champagne' but may use the term 'Method Traditional' if applicable to the winemaking process.
Must be made only from Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, Pinot Meunier grapes either as a blend or single varietal ie: Blanc de Blancs (100% Chardonnay)
Must be made in the Method Champagnoise (Traditional) style. Non-Vintage styles must be aged minimum 18 months before release - Vintage styles minimum 3 years aging.
The French have spent years in court trying to stop foreign wineries from using geographical terms such as Burgundy - Chablis - Champagne to market their products and have had some success. However, there are still unscrupulous winemakers who ignore the legalities.
I dont think that is true.
Yes. Only wines made from grapes grown in the Champagne region of France can be called Champagne. Everything else is called sparkling wine. They can't even call it "champagne" (lower case). They can say that is was made with the "Methode Champagnoise."
True. Real Champagne has to come from the Champagne region of France and be made in the methode champanoie(sp? I can say it, can't spell it) Anything else is just called sparkling wine.
It's like not being able to call a wine "Napa *whatever* unless 80% of the grapes come from the Napa Valley. It's a protected name under vintner rules.
Real Champagne only comes from the champagne region in France
American product is called sparkling wine (check the lables)
Only can be called champagne if the grapes were grown in the Champagne region of France. It can be fermented and bottled anywhere. If the grapes come from any other place it will be called "sparkling wine" or Champagne with a modifier as in "American Champagne"
NO.
True Champagne is from a specific type of grape AND comes from the Champagne District of France.
I know they (France) TRIED to have it made illegal in the international court many years ago for anything else to be called Champagne, but I don't know how the case came out.
Hope this helps.
Champagne is only made in the Champagne region of France, everything else is referred to as "sparkling wine", though they may have the word champagne on the label referring to the process used to make it.
That IS true.
But it is also meaningless, from the point of view of the beverage itself. It's all about trade names and government protection. Using the "C" word with a big C is sort of like a copyright violation.
Plenty of good champagne comes from elsewhere. Salute.
no wher on earth did you come up with that
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