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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 aren't a connoisseur of wine it can be a small overwhelming at first glance. The majority of wine labels are quite similar though, containing info on the winery exactly where the wine was created, the 'appellation' (the country or region exactly where the grapes that went into the wine were grown), the variety (the kind of grapes the wine was created 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 details could seem 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 particular consumer warnings. There are also sometimes some facts on the ripeness of the grapes, and data about the winery that developed the wine.