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Wine Labels Explained

What Do The Labels Mean?

There is a lot of info in the label of a bottle of wine, and if you are not a connoisseur of wine it can be a small overwhelming at first glance.  The majority of wine labels are quite related though, containing info on the winery exactly where the wine was produced, the 'appellation' (the country or region where the grapes that went into the wine had been grown), the range (the sort of grapes the wine was produced 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 information could appear depending on the country in which the wine was bottled.  As an example, wines bottled in the USA are needed to have the name and address of the bottler displayed on the label, along with specific consumer warnings.   There are also sometimes some particulars on the ripeness of the grapes, and data about the winery that made the wine.