This happens very frequently - it's a constant battle to protect the name.
I guess if Americans exported Cumberland sausages & mature Cheddar here, the food would meet a similar fate!
Champagne, as you know full well, is an English invention ;)
http://www.englishwine.com/knight_invented_champagne.htm#:~:text=The%20Knight%20Who%20Invented%20Champagne%20is%20the%20story%20of%20how,the%20so%2Dcalled%20verre%20Anglais.
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This happens very frequently - it's a constant battle to protect the name.
I guess if Americans exported Cumberland sausages & mature Cheddar here, the food would meet a similar fate!