Have you felt awkward trying to figure out if a new wine you are buying would be nice just by reading at its label? Well, most of us do… unless you are a specialist on wines that is… Here go some tips to be able to read and understand a wine label.
All wines must be labelled and includes some information about the wine. Most wines include two labels, the one in front is mostly designed to attract our attention as we walk on the shop… the one placed on the back of the bottle should give us some more information about the wine.
It’s helpful to read labels carefully as they may give you some interesting tips regarding the type of food that pairs well with a certain wine or even acidity and other more technical values.
Also in the label you should be able to see the level of alcohol, type of wine and country of origin. If the wine comes from a denomination of origin, this also will be included in the label, along with the name of the producer, name of the wine and the bottle contents.
I found a very useful graph for reading American labels in eu.dummies.com
