Prosecco是指该地区还是葡萄？

Prosecco made a name for itself as an inexpensivealternative to Champagne. In fact, in the past especially, colloquially referring to Prosecco as champagne was extremely common. Such is the power of Champagne: The term is often used generically for similar sparkling wines. But now that Proseccohas become so popular人们以名字要求它，意大利起泡酒正面临着同样的问题：想要通过使用该术语来选择Prosecco成功的公司。亚搏电竞（（Even Pringles!) Oh, the painful irony!

具体来说，本周，我们发现澳大利亚政府已资助了一笔100,000澳元的研究赠款，以调查意大利和欧洲欧洲联盟的有效性，声称“ Prosecco”一词是受保护的地理指示，即the Australian site Food Processing reports. As the rules stand now, any "prosecco" sold in the E.U. must come from the Prosecco region of Italy. Additionally, the E.U. can seek to protect this term with other countries as conditions of trade agreements. All of this is problematic for Australia, which reportedly currently exports about AU$60 million worth of wine labeled "prosecco."

But here's a majorProsecco和Champagne之间的区别：与由各种葡萄制成的香槟不同，用于制造普罗塞克的主要葡萄被称为普罗塞克（Prosecco），或者至少是。当“ Prosecco”一词在2009年受到保护时，正式以其历史名称Glera将Prosecco Grape重新由葡萄重新占领，以进一步保护该术语。

It's easy to see why places like Australia, which had already been growing Prosecco grapes for years, were like, what the hell? "We hope this investment strengthens our argument that Australia's grape and wine producers must be able to compete on a level playing field with other wine-producing nations," Tony Battaglene, chief executive of Australian Grape & Wine, was quoted as saying. "Many businesses have made significant investments in Prosecco plantings, infrastructure and branding, and all are acutely aware of the E.U.ropean Union's desire to stop them from using the name. Given this, and the widespread interest in GIs in the context of the proposed Australia—E.U. Free Trade Agreement, it is clear this research is in the national interest."

The debate is more than sour grapes: Australia predicts its Prosecco exports could be worth a half billion Australian dollars over the next decade. "If Prosecco is the name of a grape variety and not a geographical indication, the prohibition of its use in trademarks on Australian Prosecco would be likely to contravene Article 20 of the TRIPS Agreement, and Article 2.1 of the Technical Barriers to Trade Agreement," added Professor Mark Davison, part of the research team from Monash University's Faculty of Law which received the grant.

Needless to say, Italy's Prosecco Consortium isn't feeling these arguments. Innocente Nardi, the group's president, recently告诉饮料业务:“authenticity of our product must be protected and guaranteed." He continued, "Our denomination has over fifty years of history … and it is thanks to the know-how of the producers and the vocation of the territory that this product has been able to achieve international success." Nardi also pointed to "the recent recognition of the Prosecco hills of Conegliano Valdobbiadeneas a UNESCO World Heritage Site“作为意大利对普罗斯科的依恋的证据。

Interestingly, a Prosecco Consortium spokespersonalso told The Drinks Business，“这并不是澳大利亚第一次反对对Prosecco PDO的认可，而且正如过去一样，即使现在，我们也认为有足够的有根据的论点来捍卫我们的指定和消费者的诚意，这将Prosecco联系起来去意大利。”但是，现场食品加工指出，澳大利亚实际亚搏电竞上赢得了以前与欧盟的争议。早在2013年。

So what are we to make of all this? Personally, I'm going to avoid taking sides and just grab a glass of Champagne instead. Or at least I'll call it "champagne" so I don't have to think about it.