Why Real Champagne Is So Expensive | So Expensive

[@ug-lee3769]

milk : 1$ liquid dè la mooh tittés: $1000

[@shanegrimes3455]

😂😂😂😂that makes me laugh

[@jasminpedrosa5976]

I didn’t expect such a comment at this kind of video and now I can’t stop laughing 😂😭

[@RickardoAgusta]

you ruin this video for me hahaha

[@icefv]

I was confused on titties but I get it now

[@nanakwadwo9906]

was down but u definitely made my morning with this comment..thanks

[@dima6488]

""The taste is the same" "So why the price?" ""Uhhh...... History and prestige"

[@Kncperseus]

The currency of the rich... is often hollow nonsense.

[@nielsnielsen9013]

KNChoudhury said by the poor who have never tasted “nonsense”

[@thehonestguy9654]

The taste is the same? If you have no palate, yes.

[@CortezEspartaco2]

Well, no one is forcing consumers to buy it and yet they do, despite the price. If demand were to drop the price would fall too but that's not happening right now. Of course cava and prosecco are better value. A $35 cava is going to be leagues above a $35 champagne.

[@dima6488]

@@thehonestguy9654 ROFL learn to take a joke buddy

[@omer.g4386]

You forgot to mention that the production quotas are decided by the union of producers, except that the monopolistic great houses of Champagne (Möet, Perrier, Heidsick, Deutz,...) own more than half of the whole production of Champagne, so basically they choose the price of Champagne and the majority of the producers can't refuse as they are extremely small producers in comparison.

[@penchotodorow1366]

Let them die from corona aahahahhhha

[@autodidact537]

This is similar to the production of maple syrup in Canada. It's called a 'Cartel.'

[@777lucifero]

@@autodidact537 And that's why you should just avoid buying from these pretentious mafia lords. It's a product, feel free to produce and sell it anywhere. Besides, the romans came there to plant the vineyards and teach you how to make the wine. Clearly, the name ''champagne'' has become synonimous of that Type of wine, so i don't see anything wrong with calling champagne other bottles not made from there.

[@Alek4275]

you are not forced to buy champagne if you think it's not worth it, anyway. There're many cheaper wines that probably taste better than champagne imo

[@777lucifero]

@@Alek4275 yes if you want to make a certain impression you are forced. People buy it for the image not for the taste. Let's not pretend you have choices. It's like debeers setting the price of diamonds.... since they have monopoly. Can you really always choose to not buy it? Do you think any guy that bought a diamond was craving to spend that amount for a stone?

[@aramk2663]

They neglected to mention that the whole area is fertilized with millions of corpses from ww1...

[@hermanwillem7057]

Blood and tears create the best things

[@thomasfrater855]

Mmmh tasty

[@Michelle-ns7vp]

Woah thats new

[@saidabdurachman]

@@hermanwillem7057 noice

[@No1More1Mr1Nice1Guy1]

maybe thats what he meant by 'history and prestige'....

[@pjay1438]

In poor countries if any crop is handpicked they are under developed and in rich countries if handpicked it increases the value.😂😂😂

[@aditroitz]

We live with human, the living creatures that we can't understand them 😂😂

[@10RexTheWolf01]

hypocrite much?

[@kaustuvavikashnath7734]

popkahchin Someone needs attention so badly

[@kish6888]

@@popkahchin even if that bigoted statement was true, how would it justify low prices

[@narendramodicommunistversi4466]

@@popkahchin People looking like you sell fried noodles and dumplings on the streets of India lol.

[@nanoflower4202]

Me, sipping sprite while watching the video: "mmh, yes. Cham-pain."

[@hapyness]

I am your 121th like

[@missycu1]

hahahahaa cheers

[@littleeatbear4840]

I am your 122th like

[@cruximperator]

249th like I am and I was sipping water and thinking the same thing lol.

[@deathtomorons9388]

295th like

[@ultrascreens5206]

So basically no reason except nonsense laws to inflate the price and protect the brands lol.

[@adeebibrahim6349]

It's the same with most expensive things. Absolutely nothing but pure hyped bull shit.

[@kutaplex]

You're free to drink other sparkling wines.

[@adeebibrahim6349]

@@kutaplex ofcourse i am. But i was referring to the hype the create , to sell a product .

[@kutaplex]

@@adeebibrahim6349 And what's the problem with that?

[@adeebibrahim6349]

@@kutaplex The point is most expensive or products are not about the substance or quality, but more about the name and limited number released in the market which drives up the price.

[@TouYubeKids]

KZbin next recommendation: *"Thing you can't afford, even with your soul"*

[@yengsabio5315]

Hahaha! That's rough!

[@benchgomez5046]

😂😂😂

[@Mrpresident97]

Yes

[@Oklyn91]

Of course you don't drink champagne everyday but really, for great occasions, 50$, you can't afford ?

[@sbel6626]

Vincent D Exactly. 50$ for a birthday, New Years or a graduation isn’t extravagant. There are bottles of rum that cost more

[@jamesfoo8999]

"Why is Champagne so expensive" Video states "Has 80 lawyers worldwide to protect the name" There's your answer - corporate spending

[@herbertant4096]

Nah, not really they just dont want to get copied, because real champagne expensive not only because the prestige, the process really is time spending

[@jamesfoo8999]

@@herbertant4096 So the reason they hire lawyers is "they just don't want to get copied", you are correct there. However, that's just the reason lawyers exist, the cost of those lawyers (80) will be huge

[@herbertant4096]

@@jamesfoo8999 well said bro

[@Lozo39]

@@jamesfoo8999 People calling Champagne what's not champagne is absolutely illegal and needs lawyers to apply the law. Would you trust someone selling you tomatoes from "Italy" that are actually made in Romania ? Champagne is a region in France, just like you call Bordeaux wine, Bourgogne, Jura, Languedoc, Provence, Rhone and all our places. You can't take advantage of the brand and name champagne workers made centuries to build and not respect the same rules as they do. It's about fair trade. Champagne is a region, and a wine from that specific region that is absolutely delicious and not so pricy when you find the right producers.

[@martinbudinsky8912]

@@Lozo39 The thing is that champagne in many languages is synonymous with "sparkling wine". My language is one example of such thing. But someone decided to make it a brand to make money so suddenly we need other terms like "sparkly wine". Its stupid greed and nothing more really. All it would take is to add one word behind champagne from Champagne branding it as the "original". I will give you example from my own country that you are bound to know... Pilsener. And instead of being stingy like Champagne the brand still made in place of origin (Pilsen Czech Republic) is named Pilsner Urquell (urquell meaning "original well" in latin). Why? Simply because everyone was using pilsener as a name for this specific kind of beer and there was no need changing that. Instead international court made it so that you need to state a place of origin of said beer on label. All the things you named apply to pilsner too (tradition, fair trade, ...). And the same should apply to champagne since its synanymous with the specific kind of wine in many languages.

[@neilburton8131]

i live in Australia were the wine sparkly wines are really good and can get a bottle of wine for about $8 that is far better than champaign and don't see why i should pay an extra $50 just for a name

[@PHlophe]

you are comparing a hamburger with a 5 star meal. Che triste ! you've never tried one, you'd know quality and prestige

[@V1Pin]

@@PHlophe it is only a perceived brand value brought about by limited numbers and stringent archaic laws. If every single invention and discovery in this world was treated like that you would be back in the bronze age at most as even the wheel or even fire would be off limits to everyone 😂.

[@neilburton8131]

@@PHlophe i live in the swan valley surrounded by world class wineries and can tell the difference between quality and marketing .

[@brahms63]

@neil burton Feel free not to drink Champagne...

[@neilburton8131]

@@brahms63 i have

[@Thejigholeman]

long story short: "it's expensive because we regulated it and law-suited it into artificial scarcity"

[@molikeur]

You gotta admit thats pretty smart and its taking money from rich people who want to throw it away to show the wealth so its no big deal to me. I lived in that region and its pretty dark, pretty shitty climate, nothing really stands out but theres is a tooon of small village that are flooded with money from Champagne. Picking up raisin is a REAL pain in the ass or back rather, and it has to be handpicked to be a Champagne. The price of a Champagne is not starting at 50 in France, more at 10-15 in Champagne for the cheap ones and for 20€ you got a common bottle that americans pays $50 so ya thanks to rich american douchebag for making this shit so pricy that im drinking a CO2 tasting wine and i feel like its the best thing that happened to me

[@dacypher22]

A ton of people complain about stuff like this in the EU, since they are probably the biggest culprit of it (at one point trying to even make all parmesan cheese be from Parmesan) but every country with the power to do this does it. Bourbon is one of the US ones. If it isn't made in Kentucky, it is only whisky, by law.

[@jharris9898]

@@dacypher22 This is not true, at all. Sorry.

[@jharris9898]

Like, you can just wikipedia this shit. You know that, right?

[@dacypher22]

@@jharris9898 Huh, you're right. I heard that in another video, and it appears it isn't true. I should have fact-checked that. They may have confused the 1964 law that "bourbon" has to be made in the USA to be sold as such in the US.

[@milk7803]

"Champagne is only real champagne when it is made in champagne" -Buisness Insider Narrator

[@jackt4520]

Lol what a joke

[@ryananouar]

Champagne is the Name of the region where champagne sparkel wine is been produce idiote. So yeah champagne is not real champagne when its not made in Champagne area

[@-e6195]

Its like tequila, its called tequila if made on tequila, otherwise is destilado de agave even if ots the exact same thing

[@baddriversofthenorcalarea500]

@@ryananouar Thats like saying it isnt a real ford if it isnt made in detroit...

[@fabriceclement6587]

@@baddriversofthenorcalarea500 well no, actually we take great care of the places where products are made. e like to protect history and traditional recipes, be it Champagne or Bourgogne when it comes to drinks, or Saint-Marcellin for example, when it comes to cheese.

[@942687032679840126]

Q: Why champagne is so expensive? A: Branding!

[@Thejigholeman]

exactly.

[@ameyas7726]

It's not, you can buy cheap Chinese, Russian champagne very easily....the problem is only when they try to pass off their cheaply made product with the same or similar labeling as the original expensive ones....There's no problem if someone makes his own champagne recipe, produces it cheaply and markets it honestly as his own recipe brand....Champagne was invented and made popular in the French region and everybody in the champagne business should understand and respect that without the original there would've never been any knock-offs..

[@cezarcatalin1406]

Ameya S Wrong Even if someone makes the most quality, delicious, prestigious sparkling wine they can't call it champagne because it makes the french cry

[@joeyboedeker7205]

Like NIKE

[@thepedrothethethe6151]

Ameya S There are tons of regions that have perfected their winemaking production (like Chile) and are constrained from the market by these types of mercantilist policies

[@uchetia]

It's so expensive that they had to write *so expensive* 2 times in the title

[@beenaatlee8020]

It is

[@faisalrania5778]

So basically no reason except nonsense laws to inflate the price and protect the brands lol.

[@agnostic47]

I went on the caves tour at Moet et Chandon. The tour guide was perfectly open about the fact that they buy in cheap wine from elsewhere to make their champagne.

[@mr.businessman116]

"She keeps a Moët & Chandon in her pretty cabinet" - KILLER QUEEN/ FREDDIE MERCURY

[@cakedfacekenya]

“Let them eat cake, she says just like Marie Antoinette!”

[@noon2230]

Killer Queen has already touched that Champagne bottle

[@Hellboy8675]

France: why is wine so expensive Franschhoek, South Africa: why is wine so cheap

[@mcninjafull]

Because you just need to go to a township with a bakkie, put 20 workers in the back, and then at the end of the day, split R50 between them

[@johnlemon1977]

@@mcninjafull Shit, never thought about it like that but it's probably true. But it's definitely more pay than that 😂

[@londekaduma4533]

@@mcninjafull so true some are not even paid in money, they get paid in the actual wine.

[@sephikong8323]

Actually, Champagne isn't that expensive in France (it still somewhat is because of the global demand that raises the prices, but a regular person can still buy some without problem). The import cost plays a big factor in the inflated price worldwide

[@almojabanas9296]

French corner?

[@Winebinny]

I loved Champagne when I was in France to study winemaking. Still loving that lovely bubble.. miss it. Now I'm enjoying other sparkling wines in Aus making my own wine :)

[@arlarl5122]

You studied wine making? Making wine is easy. It’s marketing and selling it that’s hard.

[@Winebinny]

@@arlarl5122 Yes That's true. But I think both parts are all critical and hard to get good value wines. If we don't make good wines there is no point to do marketing and selling

[@feministpicnicfallsapartaf3644]

Well you earned a sub, looks interesting

[@ileiad]

"Champagne is only true Champagne if it's made here, in Champagne." "sellers and cellars" Oh I love repetition.

[@zerperior]

Ofc its a literary devices

[@Sunstepa]

I don't care. It's meaningless. 😁

[@julienrandour2223]

@@Sunstepa don't think so ^^ i'm french and i can explain why, one of the main reason, maybe the big one is the temperature it prevent the champagne to get too much sugar and also during the production, they use sulfur wick, they burn them inside the bottle to prevent from several bacteria. When you make a sparking outside you can get a wine witch is not good in off because of lack off sun if it's too much in north it will not taste the same, and if its too sunny, you will need too much sulfur and then it creates headaches. That is the reason why the climate change is a real threat for champagne producers.

[@forreal2398]

That is an agreement between people that no longer exist and is no long valid. We can duplicate soils and do things around the world now that u could not do when this garbage startedd between the rich to keep them in the money. If I grow one of the FIVE varieties of pink garlic that are all sold as Rose de Lautrec I am growing Rose de Lautrec no matter where in the world I grow it.

[@harleenkaur2096]

Yes, me too

[@MegaScratchycat]

Pronounce champagne like lasagne from now on and vice versa as a power move

[@BlackStrawberry79]

that's kinda more correct actually. that's how it's pronounced in French.

[@andreazzhao]

But,,, lazane

[@sergiovela7686]

In spanish they're both pronounced the same way

[@shanegrimes3455]

Sham pag nya

[@mrudulsankhesara6940]

The "gne" in every word in french is pronounced as "gnya"...

[@anonymousjastyce2544]

This is what I'm talking about Wine process is one of the most delicate process of all. From weather, heat, ground, surrounding vegetation, air, humidity, soil. Like everything is being calculated to produce the best of quality wines. Even the season the grapes are planted affects the taste of the wine

[@elektrik_exekutioner6822]

You described the grape growing process, not the wine making process.

[@red-hm3tb]

Wikipedia : *Champagne* (/ʃæmˈpeɪn/, French: [ʃɑ̃paɲ]) is sparkling wine. Many people use the term Champagne as a generic term for sparkling wine but in some countries, it is illegal to label any product Champagne unless it both comes from the Champagne region and is produced under the rules of the appellation.Where EU protectionism laws apply, this alcoholic drink is produced from grapes grown in the Champagne region of France following rules that demand, among other things, secondary fermentation of the wine in the bottle to create carbonation, specific vineyard practices, sourcing of grapes exclusively from specific parcels in the Champagne appellation and specific pressing regimes unique to the region. Primarily, the grapes Pinot Noir, Pinot Meunier, and Chardonnay are used in the production of almost all Champagne, but a tiny amount of pinot blanc, pinot gris, arbane, and petit meslier are vinified as well. Champagne appellation law allows only grapes grown according to appellation rules in specifically designated plots within the appellation to be used in the production of Champagne. Champagne became associated with royalty in the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries. The leading manufacturers made efforts to associate their Champagnes with nobility and royalty through advertising and packaging, which led to popularity among the emerging middle class. The most prestigious Champagne cellars are located in the cities of Reims and Épernay. Hope you have a nice day!

[@sudepolar]

Damn champagne got so popular they named a region of France after it.

[@damonego207]

😂

[@brunomiguel6156]

but

[@sephikong8323]

And Bourgogne as well named a region after it, same with the city of Bordeaux The French naming schemes for regions and cities sucks smh

[@alexcat12345]

LeBaron DeParis // oh

[@shunichimatsuda4171]

🤣

[@HP-jc8be]

Watching while drinking coffee in the morning. I feel the warm.

[@michaelfaisal934]

"Birthdays were the worst days, now we sip champagne when we thirsty" -The Notorious B.I.G

[@michaellyant]

Is that a jojo ref my boi???

[@ndewoigbfo3q4vbeowtev4w2]

@@michaellyant musician ig

[@Buckeyeman1224]

The emphasis on quality and detail is outstanding

[@rafaelpaiotti7011]

1:38 50 °F = 10 °C 58 °F = 14.4 °C (for the rest of the world)

[@nar9572]

no one: not even that watch mojo girl buisness insider guy: “champagne is only true champagne when its made here in cHaMPaGnE”

[@governorhunter734]

Don't include mojo gurl here

[@CountryCowboy008]

It makes sense, though. Champagne (the "generic" term for sparkling wine) is only true champagne when it's made here in Champagne (the place of origin of the liquor). Seriously, it's not that hard to comprehend.

[@blitzhill9533]

Well you may joke about that if you want but in France most product are associated more or less with the name of the location where they are produced. Comté cheese for exemple is produced in franche comté. Wines of course are associated with the regions of France, bourgogne wine, bordeaux wine...

[@governorhunter734]

@@blitzhill9533 so what's location tastes like?

[@shanegrimes3455]

@@governorhunter734its fertilize with million of corpses 😱ww1

[@jastat]

champaign is just a brand, like diamonds the price is inflated

[@shreekharr3940]

aren't diamonds rare and therefore justify their price?

[@camapdien]

Diamonds are rare while the demand is high so it drive the price up Idk about champaign thou, maybe the price reflect the brand ?

[@felixargyle1285]

@@shreekharr3940 diamonds aren't that rare, it's just that companies hold them hostage therefore increasing the prices

[@cuphead8159]

@@shreekharr3940 Diamonds aren't as rare as they seem and they are almost completely useless besides for drill or saw tips

[@requiem6465]

@@cuphead8159 Even then synthetic diamonds are cheaper to use for industrial equipment than natural diamonds.

[@ixiiss]

A cheap champagne (still good) in France starts around 14€ when buying from the wine maker, and standard bottle is ~20€

[@irissupercoolsy]

I live in Belgium and just looked up prices. Yeah... probably importing champagne to the US also comes at a price

[@VexSG]

Business Insider: Why champagne is so expensive Reims: Am I a joke to you?

[@naouelco]

Vex lol I was born there

[@naouelco]

mnemonic Max it’s a city in France where most champagne houses are

[@VexSG]

Naouel Champagne can get to €5 there.

[@naouelco]

Vex I have never seen it at this price and I spent my first 18years there

[@VexSG]

Naouel The Aldi I went to has champagne for around €5 I don’t know the address but the coordinates are: (49.2854300, 4.0316077) PS: I don’t live in Reims, nor france

[@tonynguyen7161]

You forgot to actually explain why it costs more than other wine, it's because unlike other wines, the taste of each champagne brand is consistent, no matter the year, the day it was made. Because a bottle of Moet will taste the same even if it was made 5 years ago, or today. And that's why, unlike other wines, regular champagne doesn't have a year. Only amazing and special harvests are turned into a millesime champagne. And a bottle of champagne can be made of over 60 different years/types of wines produced from Champagne region to keep the taste so fine and consistent and that's only proper to champagne region. That explains the price.

[@jspiro]

As do the lawyers mentioned in the video.

[@fhetfet6402]

"appreciate" the hooohaaa for some fermented grape juice.

[@elektrik_exekutioner6822]

That would actually make it less valuable. Vintage wine is expensive, wines with no vintage are less expensive. Your explanation is conpletely wrong.

[@scialomy]

I'm unsure about this idea of consistency. Even though you are right that regular champagne coming out from big brands is really consistent, I disagree that others outside of Champagne or France cannot be as consistent. Anglo-saxons are particularly gifted to produce standardized wines (thinking of californian red wines or australian ones). This is often a source of misunderstanding between me and some friends used to those quoted wines. When talking about years, they sometime assume older is necessarily better that younger, and they see me as a bit pedantic when I explain I prefer most bourgogne wines from 2006 but most bordeaux from 2008.

[@adolfhipsteryolocaust3443]

Consistent taste is a synonym of innatural processin

[@neveenjo5398]

I don't drink alcohol.. never tried champagne. Why I'm watching this 😂

[@spooky3669]

Simple... Knowledge!

[@jonathanchampagne7683]

You should try it. It tastes like rotten grapes, chilled and $600.

[@Blue-pk4ny]

@@jonathanchampagne7683 Lovely!

[@beyourself5864]

@@_A-qg5vf cuz ppl dont like to eat fresh n healthy, but when its junk: they die😂🤣

[@olbradley]

I'm not even legally allowed to drink and I'm watching this.

[@peppabreitinger2880]

I was really lucky on a tour recently to Reims. This guy on our tour bought two bottles of dom perignon 2008 and shared it with us!! Was such a beautiful and rich flavour

[@morrisoconnor9937]

Wow you must really love wine 🍷

[@sobaz5521]

*"Champagne is only true champagne if its made in champagne"*

[@alfredoalcantar8691]

SoBaZ Illinois ok

[@cancel5015]

You should use capital 'c' as it's the name of the region

[@chantaviablanche]

Just like parmesan cheese isn’t actual parmesan unless made in Parma Italy

[@shrimpfry880]

if the taste depends on the microclimate then go for it. i didn't have the opportunity to taste real champagne but parmeggiano reggiano actually tastes different from other types of cheese and that has the same restrictions. but if the 20€ moët tastes the same as the ~2-3€ Törley then that's just a brand.

[@chichan9013]

Collecting Champagnes is really a cool hobby.

[@morrisoconnor9937]

Hello beautiful 😊

[@spooky_lxix9042]

"champagne is only true champagne if it's made in champagne" Me: every 60 seconds in Africa 1 minute pass

[@andreabuck2780]

In poor countries if any crop is handpicked they are under developed and in rich countries if handpicked it increases the value.😂😂😂

[@rafaantoniak8003]

U know there is a place in France with that name??

[@jonathanchampagne7683]

I am the only true Champagne left. We need to restock, ladies.

[@bxck]

2:49 the way he pronounced 'heterogeneity' lmao

[@hishooo16]

I'm muslim, why am I even watching this lol but it was pretty insightful

[@Tubarao2920]

Nobody cares....

[@68zikriyashahid81]

@@Tubarao2920 you care enough to reply

[@devyud5719]

Simple answer : Marketing

[@devyud5719]

@bitterman co well , Australian wine industry is “huge” because of China. But the ausy government is in a useless/childish trump style fight with China now.. Good luck selling the ausy wine !

[@summerhood1208]

dom pérignon, you brought it. no crowd of friends applauded. your hometown skeptics called it champagne problems

[@Anon-kx8tm]

heyy swiftie :)

[@summerhood1208]

@@Anon-kx8tm hi co-swiftie :)

[@bilaltahir3511]

"Especially because of the Eetiroojhineety" 😂😂😂

[@lovelygirlyx]

« Dis is really de best quoaliti in terms of soail »Lmaooo💀

[@MrTirtakeren]

Well executed explanation, thank you for sharing about Champagne! However we in Indonesia, it's quite hard for normal citizen to access good wine and champagne due to a high luxury tax. If you don't have a good diplomatic relation and know some people, it's hard to purchase so called fine wine, such as Haut Brion or Chateau Margaux. Please make a video about regulation about luxury tax in alcohol and the difficulty to access fine wine/champagne around the globe.

[@cashprinter5000]

You can find em in duty free

[@Chatisthisrealquestionmark]

imagine a sparkling wine that identifies has champagne.

[@amoryguenin]

I live in the champagne region champagne is very important here we started drinking few drops of champagne when we were child its the tradition like almost everybody down here has already worked in a vineyard for grapes harvesting ! Im glad to see a documentary of my region

[@LukkiV]

105 year old bottle of champagne made during the first world war : 116,000 dollars Cardboard with an angry dragon on it, oh and it shines (1st edition Charizard) : 300,000 dollars

[@Jaka.Ellinsworth]

“Why champagne so expensive?” “Because there are other sparkling wine which is better just bear different name.”

[@a.vidal-rosset8221]

Jaka Prawira buy them then, and shut up

[@cezarcatalin1406]

Albert Vidal Oh sorry, I didn't realise you crybabies can't accept criticism. The name "champagne" doesn't have anything to do with the quality, taste, flavour, carbonation, etc of the said drink. Champagne is just what some French like to call (allegedly good) sparkling wine from northern France.

[@iamtheone2292]

ᏰĪᏝᏝ ՇÎρɧᏋƦ clearly you never had good champagne

[@NicolasCharly]

@@cezarcatalin1406 Yeah, no. You clearly have never tried a real great Champagne from a great house. Clearly not. I like Moscato d'Asti, Lambrusco, Clairette de Die, Crément d'Alsace and such, which are all "sparkling wine". But Champagne, true qualitative Champagne, is something else.

[@ryanseow4494]

ᏰĪᏝᏝ ՇÎρɧᏋƦ what are u critiquing a traditional naming scheme based around geography instead of grapes and flavors

[@jamesdooling4139]

If you want the best Champagne at the best price point, look for Veuve Clicquot or Nicholas Feuillatte. They're both stunning on the level of Dom but much more reasonable.

[@JoaoKorreiaa]

I found Veuve Clicquot way superior to Dom Perignon and Moet & Chandon, haven't tried other champagne other than those three though only sparkling wines.

[@martmont7872]

This is the way you monopolize an industry without the government using monopoly laws

[@orangespore7558]

So why its expensive?? Its because the cost of lawyers to eliminate competition for "champagne" word.

[@Thejigholeman]

artificial scarcity, and branding. the same process can be replicated all around the world, but you can only name it champagne if you made it in champagne, and im willing to bet that champagne(the place) has some real fuckin expensive real-estate from the champagne(drink) racket. i could probably grow some grapes hydroponically in my closet, then ferment them into wine, and make that wine into sparkling wine. but i can't call it "champagne". they literally just trademarked a word, and that is all there is to it.

[@saimanoharnidadavolu5710]

@@Thejigholeman this kinda handling of business brings most success to any brand

[@kavinbaarathi2610]

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[@PointNemo9]

Then how about the fact that there are lower quality versions of champagne? Less than £30 for example

[@beenaatlee8020]

@@PointNemo9 different care?

[@nobojerry]

working in this farm would be so much fun

[@jameslopez958]

Excellent Video! Thanks for sharing this information 😁✌️❤️

[@adrianagflores5587]

I’ll stick to my sparkling wine . I’m not paying extra for branding much less for prestige. I’m so ghetto I’ll drink it in a mason jar .

[@a-10thunderbolt30]

i have a test tmmrw and it’s 3 in the morning

[@cunovandenberg7160]

Champagne is expensive because of the great taste and the better marketing. Furthermore, it’s just expensive because everyone knows that it’s great, and the whole world wants to buy it. You can find amazing cremant ‘d alsace for €10 that undergoes every step of a champagne but just doesn’t have the marketing.

[@KyrieRuwachHosanna]

3:43 Wines from all over the world are produced the same way, just named different.

[@Trip2929]

On this episode of What’s in My Recommend Today....

[@hockeygrrlmuse]

I just read a fascinating book called Wine and War which recounts the experiences of winemakers across France during WWII. The Nazi government wanted production to continue, particularly champagne. Wineries received some special concessions in terms of fuel rations and even labor, especially toward the beginning of the war. Some growers collaborated closely with the Nazis and managed to make some money while their neighbors grew poorer; others risked their lives and livelihoods to help the Resistance. It's an amazing collection of stories, and it was published around 2000, so many of the sources are interviews with people who lived through the war as children or young adults. I highly recommend getting your hands on a copy if any of that sounds even slightly interesting to you.

[@mylifeisamememylifeispathe3140]

Mark up There you go I saved you time lol

[@samanthamohamed4655]

The thumbnail looks like it’s blueberries.

[@bobbiusshadow6985]

But have you tried a blueberry wine?

[@yeapthatsme2982]

Yes

[@godsmacked1000]

@@bobbiusshadow6985 that sounds good

[@morrisoconnor9937]

@Samantha Mohamed Hello

[@heyufengwdlss701]

this makes me hype up for the great war western front game as Germany to take over Champagne with a great victory as German soldiers splurge onto the untouched bottles for their hard work and sacrifices and live a life of luxury for at least one day before advancing towards Paris.

[@achannel1818]

"All this fuss over fermented grapes" Peter O'Toole in Dead Spanley

[@be.nny.bu.nny89]

I love how the video does everything but not explain WHY champagne is so expensive

[@jacob9540]

Low supply and high demand is really all it is. The high demand particularly because Champagne has done such a tremendous job of cementing the association with luxury, class, wealth, etc. with its product more than other wine regions have. It is also a more labor-intensive process to make champagne, the regional laws put very very strict rules on growers, and they age these wines anywhere from 4-15 years in their cellars before they are released for sale. That’s time that they aren’t generating revenue so the price needs to reflect that.

[@tippytee]

Ooof yum off to get myself a bottle...or two! Bottoms up 🍾🥂

[@Mark-ci6ln]

“what distinguishes champagne as being unique is that we decided to make everything require human labour, make it incredibly inefficient and incredibly vulnerable to even the slightest weather changes”

[@siggi3712]

It's not somthing that they decided, it's just the way it is

[@alainportant6412]

Have you even heard of oenology ? People can spot actual champagne during a blind test, because of the unique soil over there. Don't dick around calling hampagne csomething that it's not.

[@tzu-yuhuang5283]

we need a blind test of champagne and sparkling wine around the rest of the world.

[@tzu-yuhuang5283]

@@WimKerstens thanks man

[@seanbailey8545]

There have been and sparkling wines have come out ahead, it's the same with cheap v expensive wine. Most so called 'wine experts' can't tell the difference.

[@WimKerstens]

@@seanbailey8545 I'm certainly not a wine expert myself. I found this study from last year concerning that topic. theconversation.com/finding-the-right-wine-expert-to-help-you-select-your-next-bottle-112483

[@ryanseow4494]

Sean Bailey price is dependent on supply and demand taste is decided by your mouth and nose and other senses so if a cheap wine taste great and expensive wine is bad that’s just what it is

[@antoinemozart243]

And more than 90% will say the best is Champagne !! Hahahaha !

[@theexpensivechampagneguide]

Great video!

[@stankyst4nk39]

Looking at all those beautiful grapes made me sooooo hungry

[@ImperialEarthEmpire]

Finally, a true french accent...

[@prayalways]

Beautiful information 😍🤩😍🤩😍✔✔ greatly appreciated.

[@Botea_jrnls]

I like alcohol but my face turns red and hot if I drink too much 🤣🤣

[@zhengyangwang214]

Usually Asians have it, look it up it's called the Asian flush. Caused by your body's reaction towards a potential toxicity caused by the intermediates in breaking down ethanol (alcohol) in the body.

[@yosicx9278]

I thought thats *allergy* 😂

[@Botea_jrnls]

@@zhengyangwang214 yep, I'm Asian 🤣🤣

[@Priyanshu__2223]

@@zhengyangwang214 chal baap ko mat sikha

[@zhengyangwang214]

@@Priyanshu__2223 sorry i dont understand haha I'm Chinese.

[@nemuiro15]

"So what makes champagne so expensive?" - Business Insider 2019

[@zombie8255]

LOL

[@geraldjr3399]

The bottle.

Wow I learned so much from this video!

[@nspotmedia]

Champagne is made is champagne *Now this is Big Brain Time*

[@somethingsomething7993]

It’s really pronounced like Cham pan ya

[@iamtroll8334]

I love Moet! Been drinking it since I was 14 lol and had 4 large bottles on my wedding!! 🍾🍾

[@avinabs6148]

Love it!🥰

[@eduardotorres7645]

thats like saying a burger aint a burger unless you get it in america

[@bobbiusshadow6985]

No, it's not.. You can't call a California Red if it ain't from California and red.

[@kiDkiDkiD12]

@@bobbiusshadow6985 what if its made the same way using the same grapes outside of California?

[@bobbiusshadow6985]

@@kiDkiDkiD12 lol .. The same way a wagyu beef isn't called a Kobe, but a Kobe beef is a wagyu. All Champagne wines are sparkling wines, but not all sparkling wines are Champagne, even if they were produced the same way using the same grape strains. edit: Specific Territory Appellation in the cheese/wine/food domain.

[@TL5official]

That's because a burger originates from Germany

[@jesst.354]

@@bobbiusshadow6985 exactly, gladly there's people that has some culture in this ignorance filled comment section.

[@satobi46]

I drink water, it costs $0

[@neomage2021]

Just had an amazing bottle of 2006 Krug in Lisbon last week. Worth every dollar

[@stevestefler880]

Sparkling wine is the same as Champagne. As for authentic: they forgot to mention that there are no original sorts of wine grapes (destroyed due to deceases) and therefore wines produced in France shouldn't be called Champagne also.

[@Antonioivse]

👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻 Truth

[@user-rx9ny4yo2e]

Actually there are some smal plots of wineyards planted without grafting.

[@mkmc94]

Shut up you don't make sense.

[@clarkevander]

"Wine is more geography than process or ingredients"

[@Azulakayes]

Tell that to the box wine am having...

[@NicolasCharly]

@@Azulakayes Which surely tastes nothing like a Chateau-Neuf du Pape. But people tend to appreciate shit as long as they convince themselves it is good.

[@martabeyene5413]

It is not just geografy and soil but you need 3 variety of grapevine to make champagne...

[@theDudEE100]

3:16 Coolest accent ever haha

[@TheOneCleanHippy]

So basically it's artificially expensive. Yep, sounds like the French.

[@Oklyn91]

Artificially ? Lol you don't know what you're talking about.. what a shame Have a little respect please, if you don't want don't buy it but don't blame the French for it. idiot.

[@Oklyn91]

@C Tac Lol You clearly don't know history don't you ?

[@alexreeperbahn5709]

Di softy

[@alexreeperbahn5709]

They hate spaniish

[@gillesdupouy8357]

At least we have history

[@jasonqiao2]

This whole name protection ordeal has such a simple solution: vineyards from Champagne band together and create a "grown in Champagne" label to put on their own champagnes. That is such an easier trademark to protect. If the soil in Champagne is truly special the consumers will decide.

[@777lucifero]

99% of the customers just buy the image

[@eduardocchipinti1493]

They already have a label, it’s Champagne, it’s a name

[@777lucifero]

@@eduardocchipinti1493 Champagne as an area ok, but that does not mean that you cannot call your wine bubbly wine in french. Champagne from champagne region. or juist champagne from any other region. it means sparkly wine. you can't not let people write sparkly wine in french on their bottle. this is mafia.

[@eduardocchipinti1493]

@@777lucifero Champagne does not mean sparkly wine, in other regions in France they call it differently. Champagne is the name of the region, I don’t see any reason whatsoever why they would not protect their brand and ruin the real Champagne’s reputation. In Italy for example we have Prosecco, it’s similar, tastes very good and no one calls it Champagne because we know that it’s an Italian wine. Same thing is happening with a lot of cheeses in Italy, “Parmigiano Reggiano”, “Grana Padano” all have regions in their name and it’s perfectly reasonable that they wouldn’t want others to call it that way, it’s just wrong and damages the people that have kept this tradition alive in the centuries

[@mkmc94]

@@eduardocchipinti1493 thank you ! This people want to rip of other people culture and don't understand why we don't want to let them.

[@grimbles39]

Wow that's So Cool | So Cool

[@chidubem826]

Machine harvesting is forbidden, but machine processing is allowed. 🤣

[@aisyardhantoro7228]

Maybe because crops when being harvested is quite delicate

[@AdrianRodriguez-qy4jh]

Take a sip of champagne every time he mispronounces a French word.

[@OleksandrTsurenkoUA]

The funny thing is that in 2021 russian government forced France to call their own Champaigne a "sparkling wine" as as they (russians) said "only russian wine can be called Champaigne". And do you know what was the answer of French folks? They actully just followed it... You know... French... They are... French.... How do you live with... being... french.

[@9airpods917]

Champagne is Champagne if it is from Champagne which makes Champagne grapes that get turned into Champagne that you drink in your home which is NOT in Champagne. Me: Can you repeat that again?

[@jonathanchampagne7683]

I understood perfectly. It's like Smurf language.

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[@carolineknudsen5306]

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[@araibirshad8294]

The comments are more entertaining than the video itself.

[@viceb7]

Clearly they talked about the growing conditions of the region... Climate makes a big impact on your crops no matter what you grow. I don't even drink nor enjoy sparkling anything but I feel like the emphasis on "its all just a ploy of marketing" is missing a lot of why the regions become special to begin with

[@nevermore7285]

The climate is what gives it its unique taste. Not better taste, unique taste. What makes the taste considered luxury and expensive is the branding and marketing.

[@777lucifero]

Yea, because other regions are not impacted by climates. That's the same problem almost any crop faces.

[@JohnDoe-vm2di]

Some brands in the US are allowed to use the Champagne name because the US only signed a trade agreement banning further use of the champagne name in 2005, but grandfathered in those who already were using it in perpetuity.

[@kornchaiwongkiat7218]

If you do the same thing in poor countries, your drink will be considered dirty. But when it’s done in a rich country like France, it increases the price for some reason?

[@jonathanrobinson8926]

Same reason as Diamonds. Controlled substance.

[@ryanseow4494]

Diamonds are controlled by companies Champagne the problem is well you can’t just create grapes out of nothing so it’s controlled by nature

[@Houman7]

It’s all about the hype and marketing, had more than 200 different sparkling wines in last couple of years and I can say Champagne is awesome but there’s not much of huge difference to justify the price! You’re mostly paying high prices because of the name and prestige

[@PointNemo9]

And manufacturing costs, cheaper versions of sparkling wine are often not even fermented in the bottle but rather in the tank

[@user-px2cd7rm5i]

@@PointNemo9 only result matters btw

[@Sciencespipo]

no you're not. If you can't tell the difference between champagne and sparkling wine, that's on you dude. There's always comments like yours whenever there's a video about a specific trade/food made in a specific area. And it's always: mUh therE's NO rEal DiffERence! Yes there is. Just say you don't have an educated palate.

[@joejacko1587]

@@Sciencespipo oh we found the person with the head up there bum thinking its so much more special because of a name

[@seanbailey8545]

Actually English sparkling wines have won many awards in wine tastings recently. Even against certain champagne brands. Blind taste testing ofc.

[@uoralc]

Why are people so mad in here ? nobody's forcing you to buy champagne, calm down

[@monsieurpoisson8163]

Ik there are so many salty people upset about a name

[@4p4k]

Champagne or cheap beer doesn’t matter as long as you’re drinking with friends :)

[@gilberttrois8492]

French people like to drink better stuff than beer. We drink alcohol depending on the region. If I could advise you, try some good pineau des Charentes you will love it more than beer

[@jagustin04]

Jack Daniel's: $40 Château de Jacques Daniels: $500