EU-US Trade Negotiations and Use of "Champagne," "Port," etc. on Wine

This November 16, 2014 article in the Press Democrat highlights the importance of the concept that “Wine is the ultimate product of place.”   Also a good overview on US-EU wine sales, noting that the EU "produces 60 percent of the world’s wine" and the US "is the second-largest region with about 10 percent of global production, with California making about 85 percent of the American output."