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Default French Cognac vs. other Cognac

On Sat, 29 May 2021 16:19:28 -0600, Graham > wrote:

>On 2021-05-29 3:57 p.m., Dave Smith wrote:
>> On 2021-05-29 5:38 p.m., Graham wrote:
>>> On 2021-05-29 3:14 p.m., Dave Smith wrote:

>>
>>>> It not only has to be made in France. It has to be from the Champagne
>>>> region.Â* We used to have a number of locally made Champagne wines but
>>>> some time back they had to stop calling it that. Now they names like
>>>> Brut, Blanc de Blanc, Traditional Method etc.
>>>
>>> Some of the top champagne houses have been investing in English
>>> vineyards where some superb bubblies have been made in recent years.

>>
>> There are some Niagara wineries that produce Champagne style wines using
>> the traditional methods.Â* They make some pretty good bubbly and there is
>> no reason it should not be good because our climate and soil conditions
>> are similar to Champagne.

>
>Also, with our climate, we can make icewines that out-do the German ones.


Canadian wine sounds like Norwegian mangoes.

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