Note that Cognac has a generic name: brandy. You can create brandy anywhere and name it that with no issue. Same with Champagne which is sparkling wine, we hav

Note that Cognac has a generic name: brandy. You can create brandy anywhere and name it that with no issue. Same with Champagne which is sparkling wine, we have tons of sparkling wines in France with their own name and no ambiguity regarding Champagne. If you call everything « Champagne », you lose information. And ultimately it’s good only for big corporations.