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Originally Posted by Locobot
I have no problem with laws that require accuracy as to where a product was made, "made in..." But let the consumers decide. If you want to buy champagne made in Korea instead of France, that should be your option. This issue is about conglomerates and corporations seeking to control the language of brands and nothing else. I'm positive that Krystal is a better product than most of the champagne produced in France. When is the last time you complained at the deli that the cheddar on your sandwich wasn't produced in Cheddar England?
If it's important to you to buy authentic products then you have every right to check where your products were made and buy accordingly.
Who here raises hell at the ballpark if their frankfurter didn't come from Frankfurt am Main? Or if their wiener didn't come from Vienna (Wien)?
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I could come up with any number of responses, but the one that I'm most knowledgable about (although, limited to say the least) is champagne. According to people who would argue against the position you just laid out, one simply can not possibly purchase champagne from korea. It doesn't exist.
They argue that champagne is from a particular grape, in a particular region, grown in a particular environment, by a people who have tended such vines for centuries. That's the premium a bottle fetches when it has "Champagne" written across it. Far more informational than "Premium."
That's their argument and it makes sense to me. I don't know enough about wines to judge if all the hype is warranted, but I know people who are in to wines enough and claim to be able to discern a difference between a champagne and a sparkling wine from korea. Those are the people I know care about such a distinction, but it doesn't even really affect me.