How should you properly label wine?
7 things to read on your wine label
- Country and region. Most wine labels will showcase the produce’s country of origin, either at the top or the bottom of the label.
- Name and/or producer.
- Variety of grape.
- Vintage or non-vintage.
- Alcohol level.
- Sulfites.
- Sweetness.
Can you buy wine labels?
A: Yes you can! There are no minimum requirements for wine labels.
How are wines named and labeled?
The vast majority of wine producers in New World countries like to keep things simple. On most wine labels from such places, you’ll see the name of the winery, followed by the name of the wine, which in almost all cases, will just be the name of the main grape varietal used.
What are wine tags?
They’ll enable you to save time later on, when locating specific bottles in your wine cellar, cabinet or refrigerator. Our tags are designed to hang from the necks of bottles, so that you can quickly identify them without having to disturb each bottle.
What are the key points in creating a wine label?
Details like alcohol content, appellations, warning messages and varietal identification are among the things that must appear on any domestic wine label. But after these criteria are met, labels are all about the messaging, both stated and understated, that producers want to convey.
What goes on the front of a wine label?
By law, bottles of United States wine must be marked with a brand name, wine type, alcohol content, bottle volume, sulfite content, and the producer’s name and address.
Are wine labels valuable?
While there are absolutely some folks who collect, buy and sell wine labels out there, it’s not a very active market, and you’re not likely to make a lot of money. You can take a look on eBay and the like—some labels from older, rare, expensive wines are listed for anywhere from a couple bucks up to $30.
Are wine labels collectable?
Accordingly, most wine labels from the second half of the 19th century are for sauces or fortified wines and spirits which could stay in decanters on the sideboard. Names can be as collectable as forms. They shed light on the taste of their times.