Champagne is a French sparkling wine. Many people use the term Champagne as a generic term for sparkling wine but in the EU and some other countries it is illegal to label any product Champagne unless it comes from the region Champagne and is produced under the rules of the appellation
This alcoholic drink is produced from specific types of grapes grown in the Champagne region of France following rules that demand, among other things, specific vineyard practices, sourcing of grapes exclusively from designated places within in the Champagne region, specific grape-pressing methods and secondary fermentation of the wine in the bottle to cause carbonation
