Miles, I do not disagree with you but it is more than that. See, in my
opinion once we became part of a global economy you have to take other
trading partners into consideration.

While packaging laws vary from country to country some countries are very
protective of their names. But for whatever the legal reasons we do not
have to conform on geographical preferances. And that I beleived was the
result of the WTO on some of the cases I have mentioned.

In my opinion this is a clashing of cultures and I beleive cheese in France
is also geographical in naming. In my opinion we should NOT name items in
the geographical names no matter what.

Would Schramsberg taste less good if it was called Sparkling wine vs
Champaigne (they do not call it Champaigne by the way...that is an example.

How about KOBE beef, the imitation Wagyu beef does NOT taste the same but
its good at 25% the cost. Doesn't georgraphy mean something?

"Miles" wrote in message
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Richard Neidich wrote:

While I understand this ruling from WTO I do not personally apply it the
same way to wine. But the majority do in the world. And unless there
are treaties and respect given this debate cannot really change minds.

I think most here are missing my point. The way wines are labeled in the
USA works very well to inform the consumer. I feel the way it's done in
France etc. is a limitation to the market. There may very well be
excellent 'Burgundy' style wines made outside the Burgundy region but
marketing conventions make it difficult to gain in the publics eye. That
type of limitation doesn't exist in the USA and I prefer it that way.