"At least in the U.S.A. , the enforcement is STRICT over the use of the term "Chianti Classico"
It's much more strict in Italy, but, since this is incredibly off topic, I won't even attempt to correct the misinformation in this post.
John in Boise
> snipp-ed
>
> > >The use of the Chianti name on wine
> > >requires controlled origin, so it is not possible to find any Chianti
> that
> > >does not come from Italy.
> >
> > I know that, too. Like Champagne not made in the Champagne region not
> being
> > called Champagne (call it Asti Spumanti).
>
>
>
>
> o.k.
>
> I know I shouldn't .
>
> off subject and all
>
> once , I was also a beer & wine buyer . . .
>
> In civilized countries ( Western Europe ) it is highly illegal to sell a
> wine not actually from the Champagne District of France , with a label
that
> says "Champagne" .
>
> Why ?
>
> Because France had it written into post-First-World-War treaties , and I
> assume , post-World-War-Two treaties as well .
>
> White sparkling wine from the Champagne , France , is Champagne .
>
> White sparkling wine from Deutschland ( "Germany" ) is "Sekt or
> Schaumwein" .
>
> White sparkling wine from Italia is Asti Spumanti .
>
> White sparkling wine from California is . . . white sparkling wine .
>
> Although , in the U.S.A. , there is no respect for those international
> laws . So you can buy California "Champagne" . The U.S.A. didn't sign
> those particular provisions . Another reason some Europeans squint at us
.
>
> AND ,
>
> At least in the U.S.A. , the enforcement is STRICT over the use of the
> term "Chianti Classico" .
>
> What the laws are in Europe on the use of the word Chianti , I don't know
.
> What the laws are in the U.S.A. on the use of the word Chianti , I don't
> know . But , the use of the term "Chianti Classico" , in the U.S.A. ,
> is strictly regulated .
>
> Here in the U.S.A. , a Chianti can be made from most any red grapes (
> regulated source , I don't know ) .
>
> But , even here in the "uncivilized" U.S.A. , if it says Chianti
> Classico , you can depend on , you can bet on , not only where the
grapes
> were grown , and where the wine was made , but also , the RECIPE !
Yes
> , Chianti Classico has a strictly controlled recipe of what grapes are
> blended together to make the wine .
>
> Sort of like the strict recipe for the French wine , Chateauneuf du Pape
.
> That is another story filled with not mere decades , but actually
hundreds
> of years of international politics and intrigue .
>
>
> Happy Trails ,
> Raoul Delmare
> Marysville Kansas