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[The Brain]

About the EU naming laws or whatever they're called: it's not only about a certain list of ingredients and a specific method of preparation, it's also about a certain location where the food is grown.

Champagne grapes come from Champagne. You can grow Champagne grapes in a lot of places, but they won't have had their roots in the soil of Champagne. I can start producing something resembling Roquefort in my basement from canadian sheep, but they won't have grazed the hills of Aveyron.

It's the soil that matters.

I don't follow.

[Ed Anger]

About the EU naming laws or whatever they're called: it's not only about a certain list of ingredients and a specific method of preparation, it's also about a certain location where the food is grown.

Champagne grapes come from Champagne. You can grow Champagne grapes in a lot of places, but they won't have had their roots in the soil of Champagne. I can start producing something resembling Roquefort in my basement from canadian sheep, but they won't have grazed the hills of Aveyron.

It's the soil that matters.

I don't follow.

"Terroir"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terroir

[The Brain]

About the EU naming laws or whatever they're called: it's not only about a certain list of ingredients and a specific method of preparation, it's also about a certain location where the food is grown.

Champagne grapes come from Champagne. You can grow Champagne grapes in a lot of places, but they won't have had their roots in the soil of Champagne. I can start producing something resembling Roquefort in my basement from canadian sheep, but they won't have grazed the hills of Aveyron.

It's the soil that matters.

I don't follow.

"Terroir"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terroir

Thanks, Mr. Helpful.

[Ed Anger]

About the EU naming laws or whatever they're called: it's not only about a certain list of ingredients and a specific method of preparation, it's also about a certain location where the food is grown.

Champagne grapes come from Champagne. You can grow Champagne grapes in a lot of places, but they won't have had their roots in the soil of Champagne. I can start producing something resembling Roquefort in my basement from canadian sheep, but they won't have grazed the hills of Aveyron.

It's the soil that matters.

I don't follow.

"Terroir"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terroir

Thanks, Mr. Helpful.

My head hurts.

[Tamas]

It's the soil that matters.

[Neil]

It's the soil that matters.

Indeed.  It really isn't.

[Gups]

Well, it probably does matter for certain types of wine. It sure as fuck doesn't matter which hills sheep eat their grass on.

[chipwich]

About the EU naming laws or whatever they're called: it's not only about a certain list of ingredients and a specific method of preparation, it's also about a certain location where the food is grown.

Champagne grapes come from Champagne. You can grow Champagne grapes in a lot of places, but they won't have had their roots in the soil of Champagne. I can start producing something resembling Roquefort in my basement from canadian sheep, but they won't have grazed the hills of Aveyron.

It's the soil that matters.

Haha you dumb sucker.

[chipwich]

Zoupa&Shelf: do you believe that Kobe beef tastes different because of how their fur was brushed and because the bulls got blowjobs from Japanese schoolgirls or whatever?

[Duque de Bragança]

It's the soil that matters.

Small exception for Tokay, some part of it can come from Slovakia for historical reasons

[garbon]

Well, it probably does matter for certain types of wine. It sure as fuck doesn't matter which hills sheep eat their grass on.

I think of all of them, I can see wine the best given how temperamental various grape varieties are.

[The Brain]

It's not like you have a choice when you're eating Kobe beef.

[The Minsky Moment]

They sound like protectionism to me, but I don't really care that much.

They help the dissemination of information.  Not that much different from trademark infringement laws.

The rationale - prevention of customer confusion -  is the same.
If I am looking for a Cognac because I have distinct ideas about the kind of spirit I want to drink, I shouldn't have to do an investigation to find out that the "cognac" I am drinking is really falsely branded Canadian Whiskey.

[DGuller]

Russian liquors sold in US are amusing in that way.  In English, it says "Armenian Brandy" or "Sparkling Wine".  In Russian, it says "Armenian Cognac" or "Champagne". 

[garbon]

They sound like protectionism to me, but I don't really care that much.

They help the dissemination of information.  Not that much different from trademark infringement laws.

The rationale - prevention of customer confusion -  is the same.
If I am looking for a Cognac because I have distinct ideas about the kind of spirit I want to drink, I shouldn't have to do an investigation to find out that the "cognac" I am drinking is really falsely branded Canadian Whiskey.

Don't most edible products tell where they are made?

Besides if the consumer ends up unable to tell the difference between the two, where's the harm, where's the foul?