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Default Belgium destroys California "champagne"

> If a label says quite clearly "California Champagne" would it be
> unreasonable to assume that a drinking age consumer would be literate
> enough to realize it doesn't come from Ay or Epernay?


They would realize that, of course, and they would soon stop associating the word "Champagne" with the region. That is one of the things being protected - the meaning of the word.

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