Rules and Classifications Flashcards
Is a Brand Name on a bottle label optional or mandatory?
Mandatory
Is the Wine Type on a bottle label optional or mandatory?
Mandatory
It the Vintage on a bottle label optional or mandatory?
Optional
Is Special Designations on a bottle label optional or mandatory?
Optional
Is Vineyard Designations on a bottle label optional or mandatory?
Optional
Is the Producer and Bottler on a bottle label optional or mandatory?
Mandatory
Is Estate Bottled on a bottle label optional or mandatory?
Optional
Is the Alcohol Content on a bottle label optional or mandatory?
Mandatory
Is the Net Contents on a bottle label optional or mandatory?
Mandatory
Is the Declaration of Sulfites on a bottle label optional or mandatory?
Mandatory
Is the Government Warning on a bottle label optional or mandatory?
Mandatory
If there is no brand name on the bottle what is considered the brand?
The bottler’s name
It is helpful to refer to the bottler’s name when describing what?
A winery that has several brands
Wines can be labeled by a grape or varietal name. What is another label that can be listed as a Wine Type?
Generic names like “Red Table Wine”
Wines using varietal names must derive what percentage of their volume from that grape named?
75%
Although it is not required what do many wineries list in reference to grape varieties used for their blends?
The list the proportions of the grape varieties within the wine
What percentage of grapes must have their origin be from a named state of county?
75%
What percentage of grapes must come from the named AVA for wines labeled with an AVA?
85%
Wines labeled with a named AVA must follow what additional law?
The wines must be fully finished in the state in which the AVA is located
California law requires what for any wine labeled with a California AVA?
Required that 100% of the grapes come from within California
What does a vintage label designate?
The year in which the grapes were harvested
Federal regulations allow what percentage of a blend can come from a vintage other than the year stated on the bottle? When was this regulation begun?
15% of the blend can be from a vintage other than the year stated
Regulation for this began in May 2006
When it comes to vintage regulations what area has stricter laws regarding vintage designations?
California AVAs, wines labeled Napa Valley or one of its sub- appellations
What are California’s regulations regarding vintage labeling?
95% of the grapes must be from the vintage stated on the wine label.
Wines of high standards are usually designated as what on wine labels?
“Special Selection” or “Private Reserve”
Why do many wineries name the vineyard where the grape is grown on the wine label?
Because the winery believes the property produces an unusually high quality grape.
If a winery uses a vineyard name on the wine label, federal regulations require what percentage of the grapes in that bottle to be grown at the listed vineyard?
95%
If the label says, “Produced and bottled by…” or “Made and bottled by…”. This indicates that what percentage of the wine was fermented at the stated address?
75%
The Estate Bottled term on a wine label legally certifies what about the wine in the bottle?
Certifies that the winery grew 100% of the grapes on the land it owns or controls, and the winery completed the process from start to finish.
If a wine label says “Estate Bottled” what must be located in that Estate’s viticultural area?
Both the vineyard and the winery
On a wine label an Alcohol Content statement of 14% has what tolerance? What is the threshold that this tolerance cannot go over
Plus or minus 1.5% but cannot push it over 14%
On the wine label an Alcohol Content statement of 14% or more has what tolerance?
Plus or minus 1.0%, this cannot push the wine lower than 14%
How can the Net Contents of a wine be shown on the wine bottle?
Either printed, or blown into the glass directly
What level of sulfur dioxide must be present in a wine in order for it to be legally required to include a label declaring the sulfite levels?
10 parts per million or greater
All wine bottled after what date must include a government health warning statement.
November 18th 1989
