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Author and international wine judge Helen McGinn breaks down common label lingo to help you choose a bottle of wine you’ll love. Here, how to read a wine label.
C.A. Abbreviation seen on Spanish wine labels meaning Cooperativa Agrícola or local co-operative. Cane pruning Cane pruning is when one or two canes from a vine's previous year's growth are cut back to six to fifteen buds which will be the coming growing season's grape producers.
Vin de France is a designation for table wine from France that has been in use since 2010, when it started to replace the former vin de table category. [1] Vin de France wines may indicate grape variety (for example Chardonnay or Merlot) and vintage on the label, [2] but are not labelled by region or appellation; they are labelled only as coming from France.
Cru is a wine term used to indicate a high-quality vineyard or group of vineyards. [1] It is a French word which was originally used to refer to both a region and anything grown in it, but is now mostly used to refer to both a vineyard and its wines. The term is often used within classifications of French wine.
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Wine label of the Grieser Kurwein, 1910 ca Historical wine label. Paper wine labels have long been collected. This can turn into a full-fledged hobby, with collections organized by theme, country, or region. For others, saving labels may be part of maintaining a wine tasting-notes journal, or just simply to remember a particular wine.
French term (now English also) for the onset of ripening of the grape cluster. Viertelstück A German wine barrel with the capacity of 80 gallons (300 liters) Vin de goutte French term for free run juice Vin de liqueur Fortified wine boltered with alcohol prior to fermentation. Vin de paille French for "straw wine", a dried grape wine. Vin de ...
Wine regions of France. The following is a list of French wines that are entitled to use the designation Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée (AOC) on their label. There are currently over 300 appellations acknowledged by the INAO.