Yes. Champagne is a wine region in northeastern France, associated with places including Reims and Épernay. The name refers to the region and its appellation wine, rather than one town containing all Champagne producers. Prosecco comes from a different part of Europe, in northeastern Italy.
You can order Champagne in a few seconds. Booking a trip there takes one more question: where, exactly?
The name covers a wine region, with towns and vineyard areas of its own. A photograph of one cellar or avenue cannot give you the address for all of it.
Where is the Champagne wine region?
The Comité Champagne’s official regional map places its vineyards in northeastern France, around 90 miles east of Paris. Reims and Épernay are useful names to recognize, alongside other towns and vineyard areas shown on that map. Choose the particular producer, village or visitor destination before arranging a journey.
The four main wine-growing sub-regions are Montagne de Reims, the Marne Valley, Côte des Blancs and Côte des Bar. The historical province, today’s administrative regions and the wine appellation are different ways of describing the map.
The region gives its name to its wine. For the wine’s grapes and production, read what Champagne is. Other sparkling wines have their own origin and production requirements.
Is Champagne in the Prosecco region?
No. Prosecco’s production areas are in northeastern Italy. Champagne’s French origin and Prosecco’s Italian origin are separate identities, not neighboring versions of one appellation.
The French and Italian wine regions belong on different itineraries, however similar the glasses in the holiday photographs might look.
Bella Principessa white Brut and rosé Brut are Prosecco DOC wines. Their Italian appellation is part of their identity. Our Prosecco production-area guide explains that geography.
Sources
Comité Champagne: the Champagne region and map; Prosecco DOC production area and rules.
