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How to read red wine labels

1. Winery or winery. In France, it is common to start with Chateau or Domaine. In the New World, it mostly refers to a winery or company, or a registered trademark.

2. country of origin. That is the wine producing area. Most of the old world has strict legal regulations and systems, such as France using AOC and Italy using DOC. The origin of Champagne (AOC) appears with the word Champagne. New World generally directly indicates the place of origin and sub-origin, and some also indicate the vineyard where it was produced, such as California, Founder's Estate, etc.

3. Vintage: The year the grapes were harvested. For Champagne, non-vintage NV Champagne is often the representative of a certain Champagne brand style.

4. Grape variety: refers to the grape variety used in wine making. Most New World wines have varieties on their labels; the Old World's origin system implicitly defines grape varieties in the place of origin information. Except for Alsace, France and Germany, wine varieties are basically not listed on wine labels.

5. Bottling information: Indicate where or by whom the wine was bottled. Generally there are wineries, wineries, wholesalers bottling, etc. For Champagne, there are merchant associations (NM, the vast majority), growers (RM), cooperatives (CM), etc.

6. Sugar information: Champagne and sparkling wine are generally marked with this information, indicating the sugar content of the wine. Including Extra Brut (dry), Brut (dry), Ex-tra Dry (semi-dry), Sec (slightly sweet), Demi-Sec (semi-sweet), and Doux (sweet).

7. Other information. Other basic information marked according to the legal requirements of each country, including alcohol content, capacity, country of production, etc.

8. Maturity. This information will appear on the labels of German QMP wines. ***There are 6 levels: Kabinett, Spatlese, Auslese, Beere-nauslese (BA), Trockenbeerenauslesen (TBA) and Eiswein. In addition to ice wine, the maturity of the first 5 levels increases in sequence.