Following up on Radish, this is really just a play by Europe to brand their products and prevent anyone else from using the name. This started a while ago, because the French got ticked that you can have American champagne, even though precisely similar wines in FRANCE can’t be called that unless they are from the right part of France. If it were a matter of taste and quality, that would be one thing, but in this case they are saying that ANY feta cheese from Greece, no matter how crappy, would get the name, whereas no cheese from outside there could get the name, no matter how good.
And the struggle to resist American culture continues. In a blind taste test California wines beat French wines handily. I don’t blame them but, you can’t hide behind names.
Hmm. I live near the Michigan city of Pinconning which is a well known cheese producing center. We don’t call their cheddar cheese Cheddar. We call it Pinconning. Everyone, locally understands it is very similar to Cheddar, but it is made in and called Pinconning.
“I have heard say that KFC is no longer Kentucky Fried Chicken for this reason.”.Interesting. I heard that KFC wanted to dump the “fried” part to make it seem less fattening and healthier..Don’t know if either is correct. Thanks for the info.
Dude! Chill! Specific cheeses are known by specific names, that’s why it matters. Besides, there’s a long tradition in INTERNATIONAL trademark law that you lose your trademark when your name becomes a generic identifier — hence anyone can call their acetylsalicylic acid “aspirin.” (invented in Germany by Bayer)
Do keep in mind that California wines come from cuttings of French vineyards. And furthermore, current French wines come from cuttings from those California vineyards — a few years ago a strike killed all their vines. So who gets to refer to specific wines?
Don’t make assumptions about my views. I am appalled that Disney got the copyright law changed, and I am a published writer and the husband of a published writer.Why can’t France specify “French champagne?”
You’re all missing the obvious here. Cheddar is NOT a French cheese, it’s an English one, originally made in the town of Cheddar and the famous caves of that name.
Motivemagus about 10 years ago
Following up on Radish, this is really just a play by Europe to brand their products and prevent anyone else from using the name. This started a while ago, because the French got ticked that you can have American champagne, even though precisely similar wines in FRANCE can’t be called that unless they are from the right part of France. If it were a matter of taste and quality, that would be one thing, but in this case they are saying that ANY feta cheese from Greece, no matter how crappy, would get the name, whereas no cheese from outside there could get the name, no matter how good.
pirate227 about 10 years ago
And the struggle to resist American culture continues. In a blind taste test California wines beat French wines handily. I don’t blame them but, you can’t hide behind names.
Enoki about 10 years ago
The EU should be a warning that their idiots in Brussels could one day be our idiots in Washington DC. We’re close with Obama…
Ironic Eggbeater about 10 years ago
Hmm. I live near the Michigan city of Pinconning which is a well known cheese producing center. We don’t call their cheddar cheese Cheddar. We call it Pinconning. Everyone, locally understands it is very similar to Cheddar, but it is made in and called Pinconning.
yusodum about 10 years ago
If I just may point out: This is not a conspiracy against the US. The EU does this internally too. Italian Champagne? No way. Danish Feta? Nope.
cjr53 about 10 years ago
“I have heard say that KFC is no longer Kentucky Fried Chicken for this reason.”.Interesting. I heard that KFC wanted to dump the “fried” part to make it seem less fattening and healthier..Don’t know if either is correct. Thanks for the info.
Motivemagus about 10 years ago
Dude! Chill! Specific cheeses are known by specific names, that’s why it matters. Besides, there’s a long tradition in INTERNATIONAL trademark law that you lose your trademark when your name becomes a generic identifier — hence anyone can call their acetylsalicylic acid “aspirin.” (invented in Germany by Bayer)
Motivemagus about 10 years ago
Do keep in mind that California wines come from cuttings of French vineyards. And furthermore, current French wines come from cuttings from those California vineyards — a few years ago a strike killed all their vines. So who gets to refer to specific wines?
Motivemagus about 10 years ago
Don’t make assumptions about my views. I am appalled that Disney got the copyright law changed, and I am a published writer and the husband of a published writer.Why can’t France specify “French champagne?”
Diat60 about 10 years ago
You’re all missing the obvious here. Cheddar is NOT a French cheese, it’s an English one, originally made in the town of Cheddar and the famous caves of that name.