If you are looking to try some "Made in the USA" sparklers that use the traditional Champagne method, try Schramsberg Vineyards (Napa Valley) Blanc de Blancs 2007 or Gruet Winery (Albuquerque, NM) Blanc de Noirs NV (Non Vintage).
Because it has an "designation of origin", and Jalisco Mexico is the only place to made it.Added: Which is the same reason that REAL "Champagne" can only come from that region of France, or that REAL "Kentucky Bourbon" can only come from that state in the US.
Probably not. Champagne in Cognac is a region.
I only drink champagne!
Because good Champagne is expensive.
Champagne is made from grapes and contains no gluten.
Good marketing created the impression that champagne is elegant wine. In fact, many people prefer still Chardonnay wine.
Champagne IS a region. The wine is named after it, and can only be produced there.
Tectonically it is a sparkling wine because only sparklings from Champagne France an be called champagne. Verde is really a beer product it is made of malt not of grapes. It is on the back of the labbel in small print, but if you are looking for it lets say at Kroger then it will be with the sparklings/ champagnes.
Champagne is a sparkling wine made in the Champagne region of France. When spelled with a lower case "c," it is the generic term for any sparkling wine.
A light wine, of several kinds, originally made in the province of Champagne, in France.
Taittinger Champagne is made by a famous French wine family. The vineyards are located in Reims, France. Their champagne can be bought at John Lewis, Selfridges, Champagne Direct and Wines Direct.
It was through a series of coincidental historical celebrations in the champagne region, where the wines were made and consumed, that champagne became to be associated with celebration universally.