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In the Name of Bubbles

 

According to Meininger’s Wine Business International, Russian President Vladimir Putin is now requiring Russian- made sparkling wines to carry the name “Champagne.” Wines actually imported from the Champagne region of France with the name Champagne on the label will no longer be allowed to be sold in Russia.

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