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Re:The secret to champagne’s appeal is the physics of bubbles by leereeves on Tuesday January 01, 2019 @03:47PM (#18802247)
"Champagne" is actually a brand, it just belongs to a region (of France) instead of a company.

> EU law and the laws of most countries reserve the term "Champagne" exclusively for wines that come from this region

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Champagne_(wine_region)

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Re:The secret to champagne’s appeal is the physics of bubbles by daxat_staglatz on Tuesday January 01, 2019 @06:09PM (#18802992)
It seems strange to call a place of origin a "brand". Is "Ameican" as in (for instance) "American car" a "brand"?
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Re:The secret to champagne’s appeal is the physics of bubbles by toby on Tuesday January 01, 2019 @08:46PM (#18803619)
You're right, it's not a brand, the correct term is appellation.
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Re:The secret to champagne’s appeal is the physics of bubbles by coldtea on Wednesday January 02, 2019 @03:20AM (#18804912)
That's nominally (and not a brand, a "Protected Designation of Origin").

We still (in Europe) call champagne anything that's a champagne in nature, regardless of origin, even if its maker can't say so on the label.

(The same way perhaps one would say "xerox" even if the machine is from another maker).

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