France vows to defend Champagne after Russia 'steals the name
France vows to defend Champagne after Russia 'steals the name RFI 07 Jul 2021, 07:16 GMT+10 France's foreign minister has weighed-in behind French champagne growers who say they've been robbed of their heritage after a Russian law ordered non-Russian producers to label their bottles as sparkling wine. "Champagne" is a sparkling wine from the region of the same name, north east of Paris and thanks to the AOC - Appellation of Controlled Origin - it cannot be produced elsewhere. The AOC is meant to give champagne producers exclusive use of the word in countries that have signed up to the Lisbon ...
Source: parisguardian.com