It is an area of France that was known as "The Champagne" long before the invention of the "bubbly". The wine was named after the region.
The Champagne region of France.
the Champagne-Ardennes region in France is famous for the Champagne wine.
Reims was the capital of the Champagne province in the olden days. But in modern France, the capital of the Champagne region is the city of Chalons en Champagne
Champagne IS a region. The wine is named after it, and can only be produced there.
It comes from Champagne, France
The original green (flat) wine that was used to create champagne was exported from a city called 'Champagne' in France.
The Bollinger champagne house was founded in in 1829 in Ay, France. It is best known for producing sparkling wines from the Champagne region of France.
Champagne comes from the Champagne region of France.
Probably not. Champagne in Cognac is a region.
La Champagne-Ardennes.
True 'Champagne' is made exclusively in the Champagne region of France. The rest, like 'California Champagne' is not truly Champagne, but a similar sparkling wine. France recently expanded the region within Champagne where Champagne can be produced. Before the expansion, sparkling wine produced a few yards across the line of demarcation could not be sold as "Champagne." Now it can. When the lines were re-drawn in the early 20th century, the result was known as the Champagne Riots or the Champagne War. Such arbitrary changes can result in enormous price changes in wine that is completely indistinguishable.
The most well known is the Traditional or "Champagne method" where the bas.