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Even the terms méthode champenoise and champagne method were forbidden by an EU court decision in 1994.

As of 2005, the description most often used for sparkling wines not from Champagne yet using the second fermentation in the bottle process is méthode traditionnelle.

Sparkling wines are produced worldwide, and many producers use special terms to define them: Spain uses Cava, Italy designates it spumante, and South Africa uses cap classique.

An Italian sparkling wine made from the Muscat grape uses the DOCG Asti.

In Germany, Sekt is a common sparkling wine.

Other French wine regions cannot use the name Champagne: e. g., Burgundy and Alsace produce Crémant.

In 2008, more than 3000 bottles of sparkling wine produced in California labelled with the term " Champagne " were destroyed by Belgian government authorities.