From producer to grape variety, vintage and alcohol level, wine
labels can tell you a lot about the wine you are about to drink.
Depending on the origin of the wine, certain mandatory wine
labelling requirements apply, as Colombe Dougnac explains.
For a wine to comply with labelling regulations, specific
information is mandated by the relevant authorities. Mandatory wine
labelling requirements can vary depending on the origin of that
wine: new world or old. Wines originating from France, for example,
must include nine specific fields as of 8 December this year.
The first of these mandated fields is information relating to
the bottler and whether the wine is within or outside a
geographical indication (GI).
