True 'Champagne' is made exclusively in the Champagne region of France. The rest, like 'California Champagne' is not truly Champagne, but a similar sparkling wine.
France recently expanded the region within Champagne where Champagne can be produced. Before the expansion, sparkling wine produced a few yards across the line of demarcation could not be sold as "Champagne." Now it can. When the lines were re-drawn in the early 20th century, the result was known as the Champagne Riots or the Champagne War. Such arbitrary changes can result in enormous price changes in wine that is completely indistinguishable.
"Champagne" is the name of this region.
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The "capital" city (préfecture) of the Champagne Ardennes région is Châlons-en-Champagne.
Reims was the capital of the Champagne province in the olden days. But in modern France, the capital of the Champagne region is the city of Chalons en Champagne
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Loriann Champagne Smith's birth name is Loriann Champagne.
You do if you are referring to the city of Champagne. Or anything with the name Champagne. But a bottle of champagne you do not capitalize the c.
Don't be silly. Champagne is a region of France. The name Champagne is rigorously protected, and anybody outside the Champagne region who claims to produce Champagne is liable to prosecution and severe penalties. The legal protection of the name and the lawsuits involved is one of the costs which make the price of Champagne so high.
Champagne is a protected name for only made in France from the Area Champagne in northern France. The other name outsdide the Champagne in France is Crémant. In Germany and Switzerland the name ist "Sekt". In common usage, champagne refers to any sparkling wine from any country.
The scientific or taxonomic name would be Rosa 'De Champagne'.
Because Champagne is the name of where the wine comes from, the region in France, rather than the grape variety.
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Champagne is a sparkling wine that takes its name from the region that it is from. Champagne only comes from this region in France, and shares similar qualities to other wines.
Yes it is! Not sure exactly why the name changed - probably due to Champagne being a trademarked name these days by the wine makers in that region. The bottle is still the same (resembling a champagne cork with wire retainer).
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