Reading a wine label
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Denomnacion di Origine da Controllata
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.
FRONT
REVERSE
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