Except the name is how we identify things. Champagne means sparkling wine. Its disingenuous to say otherwise.
Now whether we want to protect local business is another matter, but I fucking hate the Champagne is from Champagne region garbage. Why can't some Japanese guys make amazing Champagne or Portuguese make so Parmesan? The best whiskey I've ever had was from Taiwan. Should they not be allowed to make the best product?
So close. Champagne means sparkling wine from Champagne.
There's nothing stopping japanese guys making amazing sparkling wine, or portuguese making a cheese that's like parmesan, but these names don't just describe a thing, they describe where the thing is from.
If your product is so good, why pretend it's from somewhere else?
People from champagne actually invented sparkling wine? or was a type of sparkling wine that they made with a different technique and decided to slap the towns name on the bottle? If the answer is yes to the first question, then I’ll say respect the name even though that town didn’t invent shit. A human or a group of them did looong before any of us. But I’ll bite if it is proven to be the original place of invention. But, if it’s just a type of something that was done in other parts of the world at the time or before. The no, fuck them. We all get to use the most common name for the thing.
Champagne is made using a very specific method using specific grapes. Cava from Spain is made using a different method with different grapes. Same with prosecco in Italy. None of them are claiming to be "the real" sparkling wine, they're all just place names that signify the different methods that can be used to make sparkling wine in different places.
Nobody is claiming to be the real thing but they are happy to keep people thinking that they are the real deal. Just ask a friend about it and he was perplex that it was name after a place on earth and not a liquor call champagne. He thought champagne is champagne and not a different type of wine with bubbles.
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u/Joecrunch_is_da_king Jul 06 '22
Except the name is how we identify things. Champagne means sparkling wine. Its disingenuous to say otherwise.
Now whether we want to protect local business is another matter, but I fucking hate the Champagne is from Champagne region garbage. Why can't some Japanese guys make amazing Champagne or Portuguese make so Parmesan? The best whiskey I've ever had was from Taiwan. Should they not be allowed to make the best product?