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[Terry Decker]

Presumably, champagne grape refers to a grape which is used to make 
champagne (or they resemble "bright little bubbles of champagne," if you 
think the advertising is knowledgeable).  Champagne is a blend of three 
different varieties of grape, pinot noir, pinot meunier, and chardonnay. 
What you are getting is the chardonnay grape (or something related).  The 
similarity of the Zante grape to the pinot meunier is probably why it gets 
called a champagne grape.

Bear

> The "champagne grapes" we occasionally see in markets here are green, not
> black or purple or even red.....
> --Maire (Artemisia)
>