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If the French can stop you from calling your chemically identical sparkling white wine “Champagne”, I see no reason why meat farmers shouldn’t be able to stop y
by larnmar 7y ago
If the French can stop you from calling your chemically identical sparkling white wine “Champagne”, I see no reason why meat farmers shouldn’t be able to stop you from calling your industrially-grown bovine cell culture “meat”.
- fbbgfddd 7y agoIf they called it “dead cow” I’d agree, but they call parts of nuts meat as well. Meat doesn’t mean dead animal.
- jdsully 7y agoChampagne is the name of a region, and the grapes and finally the wine inherit the name from that region. Because the taste of grapes are affected by weather the actual region of production makes a difference. I don't consider it quite the same thing. That said, there is little consistency in how things are named and often it comes down to the relative power of one special interest over another. We shall see how this shakes out.
- glandium 7y agoFWIW, the grapes aren't called Champagne. Champagne sparkling wine usually uses Pinot Noir, Pinot Meunier or Chardonnay grapes.
- msla 7y agoWhat it's legally allowed to be advertised as and what people will call it are two different things.