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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 little overwhelming at first glance.  The majority of wine labels are very comparable even though, containing details on the winery where the wine was made, 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 additional information may seem based on the country in which the wine was bottled.  As an example, wines bottled in the USA are necessary to have the name and address of the bottler displayed on the label, along with particular consumer warnings.   There are also occasionally some details on the ripeness of the grapes, and info about the winery that made the wine.