Following up on our previous entry about the on-going “Champagne” controversy, we spotted another news items in the NY Times.
A biscuit maker in Champagne, Switzerland is being forced to cease using the brand name (”de Champagne”) his family has been marketing since the 1930s. In exchange for landing rights for SwissAir - a […]

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Two interesting wine stories crossed my path today.
The first, courtesy of NPR, deals with efforts by members of the European Union (EU) to stop American wine makers from using the term “Champagne” to describe sparkling wine made in America.
The topic is actually not a trivial one. American producers have spent millions of marketing […]

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