I guess it is a reference to champagne. If wine does not come from the region "Champagne" it is not allowed to be called Champagne but just white wine. Even if it tastes just the same.

[–] bitjunkie@lemmy.world 13 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Same with Cognac and Armagnac. And Port. And probably a bunch of others.

[–] Sphks@jlai.lu 17 points 2 months ago (1 children)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Protected_Designation_of_Origin_products_by_country

[–] bitjunkie@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

Interesting, thanks!

[–] Takapapatapaka@tarte.nuage-libre.fr 4 points 2 months ago

Oooh ok thx a lot!

[–] Deebster@infosec.pub 11 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It's a meme format (a snowclone), of the form "It's only X if it comes from the X region of France, otherwise it's just sparking Y". The original was talking about Champagne (and sparkling wine), which is why it's France.

There's lots of versions out there, of varying quality.

[–] Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

I think the "region of France" section is optional. As long as it has the punchline "otherwise it's just sparkling" Y