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In Europe does champagne need to the from the Champagne region of France? Burgundy wine?
by hollerith 5y ago
In Europe does champagne need to the from the Champagne region of France? Burgundy wine?
- OJFord 5y agoAbsolutely. See DOC (Italian), AOC (French), and PDO (EU).
- mafro 5y agoChampagne, yes. Not too sure if Burgundy is just a word used to describe the style of wines from Burgundy, rather than being protected under EU regs. EDIT: "AOC Bourgogne" is the official term, possibly Burgundy would also be enforced
- dagw 5y agoYou can describe your wine as a "burgundy style" in your marketing material, just like you can say your wine is made using the "champagne method", but the words "Burgundy" or "Champagne" cannot appear on the label of your wine.
- rascul 5y agoI'm reminded of legal requirements regarding bourbon whiskey in the United States. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bourbon_whiskey#Legal_requirements https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bourbon_whiskey#Legal_requirem...
- gattilorenz 5y agoAs the other commenters said, yes. And of course, at least Italy (but probably more countries in the EU/the whole of the EU) would really like to enforce the same limits on denominations in the US.