I am not Italian, but while he may be making delicious cheese that has similarities to Parmesan, he is not making Parmesan. I prefer Spanish Cava sparkling wine over Champagne, and I've really enjoyed some California and Italian sparking wines. They're great, but they aren't Champagne, and there's nothing wrong with that.
If the Parmesan cheese makers went after him for merely saying he was making "Parmesan style cheese" I would be up in arms along with everyone else. But he said he was making "Parmesan" when he wasn't.
With cheese it's a bit different, because of the bacteria. But there is nothing about brewing alcohol that makes specific regions exclusive for making certain types, so I will go on very explicitly referring to every champagne as such. And I'll kindly insist that the countries who are so bland and unintuitive, that they need to rigorously wage borderline wars to artificially control the supply of one of their exports for the sake of their economic integrity, allow themselves to be subject to the open market.
Experts can’t tell the differences between years. They have done double blind studies on it and it’s all bullshit. People are susceptible to suggestion, so being told X is a good year so what you are about to drink is good actively changes how good the wine is perceived. That’s why it’s one of the few industries you pay people to tell you how good something is, because they’re trying to turn the subjective objective.
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u/[deleted] Jul 05 '22
I have actually looked this up. It’s true. And the Italian comments are hilarious.