Stories of Wine Labels

If you thought that you could just make any liquid and sell it as wine, you were wrong. In fact wine labeling is not a joke. Here’s the story:

You can’t just make wine and slap a label on it. While you may buy wine based on what the label looks like (we’ve all been there), there’s more to the label than you may realize. Every wine region has to follow a certain set of laws and regulations that dictates the wine making and labeling in their region. The same can be said for liquor stores and wine shops. If it’s not regulated, it can’t be sold. It’s easy to go to a wine shop and find a bottle of cabernet sauvignon, but the process is more complicated for the winery and wine shop itself.

And this is just the beginning. For the entire story on labeling, read Kimberly Langston’s post.