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F. Korbel Brothers, Inc. is a winery based in Sonoma County, California. Established in 1882, Korbel primarily manufactures sparkling wine and sells the largest volume of premium traditional method sparkling wine in the United States.^{[citation needed]} It uses the semi-generic term Champagne on its labels as permitted by U.S. law. Most other quality US sparkling wine producers no longer use semi-gneric labelling but identify their wines "sparkling wine" and indicate the location where their grapes are produced. Korbel also produces small quantities of brandy and still wines. Brown-Forman owns a large percentage of F. Korbel Brothers ^{[citation needed]} and distributes Korbel's sparkling wines domestically and internationally. Brown-Forman reportedly also distributes its still wines, yet many seem to only be available direct from the winery. ^{[citation needed]}

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 [[Image:Korbel.jpg|right|thumbnail|200px|Korbel is known for its [[sparkling wine]].]]
-'''F. Korbel Brothers, Inc.''' is a winery based in [[Sonoma County, California]]. Established in 1882, Korbel primarily manufactures [[sparkling wine]] and sells the most premium traditional method sparkling wine in [[United States|America]].  Unfortunately, they misuse the name "Champagne" despite the fact that they source the majority of their grapes from Sonoma and Mendocino.  Clearly this is an effort to mislead American consumers and take advantage of a loophole in US law that allows labels approved before March 10, 2006 to include the term "Champagne" even if the product is not sourced from the world reknowned Champagne region of France.  Quality US producers no longer use this term and correctly label their wines "sparkling wine" and proudly proclaim the location where their wines come from.
+'''F. Korbel Brothers, Inc.''' is a winery based in [[Sonoma County, California]]. Established in 1882, Korbel primarily manufactures [[sparkling wine]] and sells the largest volume of premium traditional method sparkling wine in the United States.{{fact}}  It uses the [[semi-generic]] term Champagne on its labels as permitted by U.S. law. Most other quality US sparkling wine producers no longer use semi-gneric labelling but identify their wines "sparkling wine" and indicate the location where their grapes are produced. Korbel also produces small quantities of brandy and still wines.   Brown-Forman owns a large percentage of F. Korbel Brothers {{fact}} and distributes Korbel's sparkling wines domestically and internationally.  Brown-Forman reportedly also distributes its still wines, yet many seem to only be available direct from the winery. {{fact}}
-In addition Korbel produces small quantities of brandy and still wines.   Brown-Forman owns a large percentage of F. Korbel Brothers and distributes Korbel's sparkling wines domestically and internationally.  Brown-Forman reportedly also distributes their still wines, yet many seem to only be available direct from the winery.
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