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Wine Labels Explained

What Do The Labels Mean?

There is a lot of details in the label of a bottle of wine, and if you are not a connoisseur of wine it can be a small overwhelming at very first glance. The majority of wine labels are really comparable although, containing information on the winery exactly where the wine was produced, the 'appellation' (the country or region where the grapes that went into the wine were grown), the assortment (the type of grapes the wine was made from) and the vintage (the year when the grapes had been harvested}. The strength / alcohol content of the wine is also displayed on the label.

Some added data might appear depending on the country in which the wine was bottled. As an example, wines bottled in the USA are required to have the name and address of the bottler displayed on the label, along with certain consumer warnings. There are also at times some facts on the ripeness of the grapes, and information about the winery that produced the wine.