“‘Champagne’ on trial.” Wines & Vines. December 1, 2003 – “Essential to the case was the state of the public’s knowledge about Champagne. Did a large number of customers purchasing the defendants’ wine not know that Champagne came from France? Not likely. And unless a large number of people did not know Champagne came from France, the term Spanish Champagne was not likely to mislead the public.
As for the possibility that there were some who didn’t know Champagne came from France, the advocate said, ‘Possibly there are some people who still think the earth is flat.’
Not one witness, the barrister pointed out, had said that he had customers who did not know Champagne came from France.”
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