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Wine Labels Explained

What Do The Labels Mean?

There is a lot of data in the label of a bottle of wine, and if you aren't a connoisseur of wine it can be a tiny overwhelming at 1st glance. The majority of wine labels are very related though, containing information on the winery exactly where the wine was created, the 'appellation' (the country or region where the grapes that went into the wine had been grown), the selection (the kind of grapes the wine was made from) and the vintage (the year when the grapes were harvested}. The strength / alcohol content of the wine is also displayed on the label.

Some additional information might 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 certain consumer warnings. There are also sometimes some facts on the ripeness of the grapes, and info about the winery that developed the wine.