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However, other wine growers around the world produce their own variants -- often available at cheaper prices -- which have placed the Champagne region's wine houses under increasing pressure in recent years.
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Grapes from five of the six authorized zones in the Cognac region are represented: Grande Champagne, Petite Champagne (in this case champagne means the chalkiness of the soil and not the sparkling wine region), Fins Bois, Bon Bois and Borderies.
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It is hard to find bad champagne, given how tightly regulated the grape and wine production is in a region famous for quality grapes.
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