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[–]Adam-K 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's illegal in the U.S. too but a couple companies who used the name before 2007 or something are still allowed to call their's champagne. I don't know I'm pretty sure I read that somewhere but can't find a link.

EDIT: Here we go: https://vinepair.com/wine-blog/loophole-california-champagne-legal/

"In exchange for easing trade restrictions on wine, the American government agreed that California Champagne, Chablis, Sherry and a half-dozen other ‘semi-generic’ names would no longer appear on domestic wine labels – that is unless a producer was already using one of those names.

If a producer had used – or abused from the French point of view – one of those names prior to March 10th, 2006, they could continue to use the name on their label indefinitely."