The defense of the Champagne appellation in Russia A new Russian law forces French exporters to sell their products under the Cyrillic inscription “sparkling wine”. For more than 20 years now, France has been fighting for the defense of the Champagne appellation in countries that still refuse to recognize it: Russia, the United States, Haiti. © Sergey Novikov – stock.adobe.com Summer 2021, Russia has implemented a wine law that results in prohibiting French exporters benefiting from the appellation champagne to distribute their drink with the inscription “Champagne” translated into Cyrillic. This law of July 2, 2021 obliges them to sell […]