Court of Justice 10 February 1994, C-403/92 (Claire Lafforgue, née Baux and François Baux v Château de Calce SCI and Coopérative de Calce.)

Opinion of the Advocate-General Opinion of the Advocate-General ++++ My Lords, 1. In this case, a wine producer claims the exclusive right to use the name Château de Calce to describe a wine made in cellars situated in the château, using grapes cultivated on part of its original estate. The background to the case 2. The case arises from an event which took place more than a century ago.