Shampanskoye: French champagne industry in a fizz over Russian law
by Kim Willsher in Paris and Andrew Roth in Moscow from World news | The Guardian on (#5KWYC)
Non-Russian producers now required to mark their bottles as sparkling wine
If anything is guaranteed to get French wine producers in a fizz, it is the suggestion that champagne can be made anywhere outside the Champagne region in France.
As a protected appellation, the term is jealously guarded and legally defended. As the Champagne committee's website clearly states: Champagne only comes from Champagne."
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