They do...but the US never subscribed to the treaty for that as we were in
prohibition. Therefore legally we are not required to.

Also the EU lost a recent lawsuit in the WTO to protect geographical names.

Personally I feel this was a bad ruling. But it is ruled on and Canada can
go on producing local parma ham


"Lawrence Leichtman" > wrote in message
...
>I just saw an ad for Korbel and they touted it as California Champagne.
> I thought that France had fought that sort of thing.
>
> In article >,
> Leo Bueno > wrote:
>
>> The US Code of Federal Regulation [27 CFR 4.21(b)(2)] seems to define
>> what bottles may be labeled as "Champagne" as follows:
>>
>> "Champagne is a type of sparkling light wine which derives its
>> effervescence solely from the secondary fermentation of the wine
>> within glass containers of not greater than one gallon capacity, and
>> which possesses the taste, aroma, and other characteristics attributed
>> to champagne as made in the champagne district of France."
>>
>> Does this mean that large bottles made in Champagne using the
>> traditional method *cannot* be labeled "Champagne" in the US?
>>
>> Conversely, note that *transfer* method products apparently *can* be
>> labeled "Champagne", since they fit the definition.
>>
>> What gives?
>>
>> FYI, you can search the US CFR here
>> http://www.gpoaccess.gov/cfr/index.html
>>
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