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Old Aug 14, 2022 | 8:43 pm
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Originally Posted by WineCountryUA
It is consider quaint in the California Wine Country to insist that good champagne can only come for the Champagne district of France. Appellations are one thing but wine types not so much.
Yes, for Champagne to be called Champagne, it has to be grown and vinified within the satellite of Champagne. Cremant is made in the exact same process of Champagne. There are some very very nice Cremants out in the marketplace

Originally Posted by stimpy
That is NOT Champagne. It is Crémant de Loire. And it's 10 bucks or less in France.

From my memory United stopped serving Champagne sometime right after 9/11.
Price does not dictate quality in the Wine Business
Last edited by WineCountryUA; Aug 14, 2022 at 9:08 pm Reason: merged consecutive posts by same member
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