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A geographical indication shared by Belgium, the Netherlands, France and Germany. The case that proves a terroir is not a national territory — and the best argument against a France-centred museum.
Stop 01 of 03 · The frame
Belgium, the Netherlands, France, Germany: Genièvre is protected by a geographical indication whose area ignores national borders. It is the case that forbids building this museum around a single country.
Stop 02 of 03 · One area, one point
For an area spanning four countries, the database provides only a pair of coordinates, somewhere in Flanders. The dotted circle is the only honest notation: it situates, it does not delimit. And no set of French département outlines will ever be able to carry this extent.
Stop 03 of 03 · The French part
The Nord and the Pas-de-Calais: here the real outline is drawn — the denomination is French, and INAO delimits it. Two stops, two regimes of precision, one family of products: this is exactly what the notation is there to distinguish.
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