Korbel Champagne Cellars

The company is a division of F. Korbel Brothers, and also makes brandy and still wine, and imports Prosecco from Italy.

[2] Heck's son, Gary, took over in 1982, and over time increased production from 150,000 to 1.6 million cases per year, making Korbel the 16th largest wine producer in the United States as of 2022.

Central European immigrants from Milwaukee took a liking to the Bohemian Korbel brothers' brandy, and brought it back to Wisconsin and began using it in cocktails.

[citation needed][4] These regulations allow U.S. producers to use names of geographical significance that also designate a class or type of wine.

Such names – like champagne, sherry and port – are called semi-generics, and may be used on labels only in direct conjunction with an appropriate appellation of origin (place in the United States where the grapes were grown) and only on wines that conform to the standard of identity for that class or type.