Rael64 wrote: > Oops. I fergot this: Many of those name-specific wines, cheese, etc. are given > such protective status to ensure not only authenticity but, unlike a trademark, > a limitation of production (which, I assume, keeps prices high). Only a certain > amount of a specific wine (chianti, for example) is allowed. Extra grapes/juice, > etc. must be left to rot, mixed, or whatever, and anything above and beyond the > limit cannot be called 'chianti.' Can't such wine just be declassified? Not mixed, just labeled differently. Dana