Introduction wine labels

"Know what you eat" is one of the most important recommendations which are given.

"Know what you drink" is however a just as important recommendation.

If you buy a bottle of wine, you know nothing more than what mentions the label. The bottle does not betray its content and does not even let escape the slightest fragrance. A glass of red wine Wine display at the Mt Markey Winery This article is about the beverage. ...

The wine label is for the consumer an important source of information. The wine producer considers the label as a sale element. More and more the emphasis lies on creating a certain atmosphere around the wine. The promotional aspect on labels gets more and more a chance by the technical renewals on print- and packing area.

Indications on the wine label

The wine classification system is different from country to country and is not the same everywhere in the world. There are countries where the classification is made by region and area. In some countries it is for example only necessary to indicate from which year a certain wine is.

Already a considerable time the EU - and the Belgian regulation imposes a vast labelling is introduced which is restricted to simple but important information. If each member state follows the rules, he is free to use his own classification system.

According to this regulation there must be at least next standings on the label :

• which type of wine (for example vin de pays, table wine, AOC),
• the name and address of the wine producer, bottler or salesman,
• the name of the country of origin,
• the contents (the quantity without packing, for example 75 cl),
• the alcohol volume grade for spirits with a grade higher than 1.2%. The mentioned alcohol volume grade can deviate at most 0.5 percent from the real grade. Each indication of the alcohol grade differently expressed than in volume percent has been prohibited.

The additional information is left to the wine producer himself. The most usual supplementary data can be:

• besides the type of wine they can mention also: ' brut ', ' demi-sec '...
• the vintage year,
• the used grape variety, depending on the fact if the grape type is determinative for the type of wine,
• the name of those who are involved at the trade, for example selected by.... (Sélectionné par....), imported by....(Importé par....),
• medals or other prices which are granted to the wine,
• recommendations for the use (for example chilly serve).

The obligation of the indication of the minimum durability date is not obliged for wine, liquor wine and fruit wine. Vintage near Sorrento, Italy, Jacob Philipp Hackert, c. ... Species Vitis acerifolia Vitis aestivalis Vitis amurensis Vitis arizonica Vitis x bourquina Vitis californica Vitis x champinii Vitis cinerea Vitis x doaniana Vitis girdiana Vitis labrusca Vitis x labruscana Vitis monticola Vitis mustangensis Vitis x novae-angliae Vitis palmata Vitis riparia Vitis rotundifolia Vitis rupestris Vitis shuttleworthii Vitis tiliifolia Vitis...

Collecting wine labels

Collecting wine labels is for some people a hobby.

On wine labels a lot of different images can be found. Examples of this are: animals, architecture, art, cars, costumes, dance, first names, flowers, glass windows, head-gears, lighthouses, owls, religion, trains and turtles.

By grouping the wine labels this way, you obtain a collection of thematic wine labels.

Wine labels can also be collected by country or region, like for example Belgium, Luxembourg, Malta and South Africa.

External link

• Internet site made in six languages concerning several countries with their own wine labels