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Choosing the right bottle and label is the final step in the art of winemaking. While the bottle and label are more about marketing, branding, and presentation than the winemaking process itself, they do play a role in creating a complete wine expe...
“Estate Bottled” or “Grown, Produced and Bottled by”: These terms mean: (1) 100% of the grapes were grown on a winery’s own vineyards (2) The grapes all come from within a single AVA (3) The wine was made by the winery on its own estate within the g...
It was recently brought to my attention that each bottle of champagne includes a code on its label indicating the type of producer who made the wine in the bottle. The codes will start with two letters followed by a series of numbers. The numbers a...
Ever wonder what “Vin Sec” means on the label of a bottle of Riesling? In French it literally means ‘dry wine.’ Riesling is a wine that is most famously produced in Germany where nearly half the world’s Riesling grapes are grown. Other great produ...
When perusing wine labels on the shelf of your favorite wine shop, you’ll often find that the label indicates “California” as the region where the wine is from. But, you may have asked yourself, what does that really mean? With all the California win...