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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 tiny overwhelming at very first glance. The majority of wine labels are really comparable though, containing information 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 range (the kind of grapes the wine was produced 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 extra info could seem 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 specifics on the ripeness of the grapes, and data about the winery that made the wine.