reading a wine label

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Reading A Wine Label

Presented By

Debashish Dasgupta

What to Read in a Label

• A wine label may have as much as 23 information

• All information may not be given in a particular bottle

• Information to be given depends on the wine producing laws of the country

Information to look for:

• Name of the wine.• Country of origin.• Colour.• Year the grapes were harvested.• The region where the grapes were grown

& crushed.• The kind of wine.• Percentage of alcohol.

Cont’d………

Information to look for: • Liquid ounce in bottle.• Official & government guarantee.• Place where wine is bottled.• Trademarks. • Shipper’s name.• Importer’s name.• Distributor’s name• Grape variety.

Cont’d………

Information to look for: • Classification of certificates.• Ingredients added to grape juice (if any).• Place where wine is bottled.• Advertising messages, illustrations, claims • Product quality.• Marks/signatures describing quality.• Sugar contents of grapes/wine• Corporate name of the wine producer.• Sulphide content.

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Information on Wine from a Label – An Example

Name of the wine

Grape variety

Location of Vineyard

Name of Vineyard

Information on where grapes grown, wine produced & bottled

Address of the producer

Alcohol Content

Content in bottle

Place where matured

Certification vine grown in the vineyard of the producer

French Wine Label

French Wine Label

French Wine Label

French Wine Label

French Wine Label

Labeling A French Wine

Reading the Label

Trademark

Name of the Château

Appellation

Indicating specialty /Quality Information

where bottled

Colour

Vintage Year Vintage Year

Geographical Location

Champagne Wine label

Shipper Year when establishment was founded

Type of Wine

Location

Vintage yearAlcohol Content

District where produced Volume

Sweetness Country of origin

Quality

Name of producer

Name

Trademark

Location

Country Located

The year the Establishment Founded

Shipper

Quality

Sweetness

Alcohol Content

Seal of Autheticity

Country of Produce

Name & Address of the Shipper

Volume Authentication

Method of Production

Name

Shipper’s Trademark

Name of the Shipper Year establishment founded

Sugar content

Geographical location Country located

Country of produce Name of the

producer

Autheticity

Name & address of the shipper

German Wine Label

[1] Name of the Producer- Winzer Bacchus

[2] Vinatge Year

[3] Grapes

[4] Quality wine [5] Sweetness

[6] Village & vineyard

[7] Vine region [8] Bottled by co-operative [9] Deutscherwein Appellation

[10] Quality control number

Producer name & Address

Vintage Year Village & vineyard Wine Quality

Grapes

Bottling Deutscherwein Appellation . Deutscherwein

Quality Control No.

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Trademark

Producer

Vintage year Vineyard Village

Grape Variety

Wine Quality

Quantity Alcohol Percentage Deutscherwein Appellation .

Quality control No.

Bottling Country of Produce Address of Producer

Italian Wines Label

Name of the wine from Valpolicella region Veneto

DOCG Italian appellation

Quality – advertising the region for being a historical region

Vintage year

. Name of the shipper.

Geographical location Contents of wine

Alcohol content

Country of produce

Labeling an Italian Wine

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Spanish Wine Label

Vineyard

Trademark

Name of Wine

Level of Ageing

Vintage year

Grape VarietyDO region

Bottle content Alcohol %

Bottling Info Producer’s Address

Village Country of Produce

DOCa region, (Spanish Appellation) Trademark

Country of Produce Name of

Vineyard

Bottling, proprietorship & address of the producer

Authentication of appellation

Alcohol content

Volume

Vintage year Maturation

Shipper Country of Produce

Trademark

Taste Type of Sherry Type of Wine

DOC/Growing region

Volume Alcohol %

Name of the Blender

DO Region/ Geographical Location

Country of Origin

Type of Sherry

Details of production & bottling Period of Maturation

Volume Alcohol % by Volume

Type of Wine

Name of the Winery

Name of the Shipper

Portuguese Wine Label

Colour Geographical Location & thus the Name of the Wine

Portuguese Appellation

Country of Produce

Name & address of the Shipper

Alcohol % by Volume

Volume

Trademark & Name of the Shipper Country of

Produce

Vintage Year

Quality of Wine

Date Bottled & Address of Shipper Importers Name

& Address

Front Reverse

Name of the Vineyard

Type of Wine Type of Port

Inormation on Bottling

Name & Address of the Vintner Alcohol % by

Volume

Country of produce

Volume in Bottle

Guarantee by the vintner on vinification, ageing and maturation of the wine

Indian Wine Label

Vineyard

Name of the wine

Logo

Trademark

Name of the vineyard

Name of the grape & hence Name of the Wine Souvenir Collection

Vintage Year Location of Vineyard

Business Partner

Country of ProduceAlcohol % per Volume Volume Contents

Name of the Vineyard & hence Name of the Wine

Vintage Year Name of the Grape

Packaging Information Vineyard LocationCountry of produce

Alcohol % by Volume Volume Content

Name of the wine derived for the purpose it’s used

Bottling & Packaging Information

Production Norms

Alcohol % by Volume

Volume

Name & Address of the Wine Maker

Picture Messages for Wine