Argument: Swiss village Champagne should be able to call its wine Champagne

Support

• Elizabeth Olsone. “A Tempest (but No Bubbles) in a Bottle of Swiss Champagne”. New York Times. December 9, 1998 – “There is no chance, as the French insist, that consumers will be tricked into buying the wrong thing simply because of the champagne label, argues Martial Girod, director of the nearby Bonvillars winery, which produces the Swiss version.

It can’t be confused with the other champagne because it’s not bubbly, and it has a screw top, not a cork, he explained. And Swiss champagne costs only $5 a bottle, around one-sixth the cost of a medium-priced bottle of the French stuff.”

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• “Swiss champagne storm bubbles over”. BBC. May 20th, 2002
• Lionel Laurent. “Champagne By Any Other Name”. Forbes. 08.23.07