When purchasing wine, what information can be read from the wine label?

When we buy a bottle of wine in a supermarket or winery, we often see wine grape varieties such as "Cabernet Sauvignon", "Syrah" and "Chardonnay" written on the eye-catching position of the wine label. If you want to buy a bottle of wine that suits your actual situation, it is not enough to just look at the grape variety, you need to really understand the target information of the wine. The wine label is equivalent to the resume of a bottle of wine. Through the wine label, we can know the wine producing area, the grapes used, the year of production, and which country it comes from. We can even roughly estimate the price of the wine through this information. Even a novice who doesn’t know much about wine can roughly judge the flavor of this bottle of wine as long as he understands the grape variety on the wine label, the hot and cold place of origin, the new and old year, the nature of the producer, and the alcohol concentration. Although these four skills alone are not rigorous, they are enough to meet the needs of wine shopping. As an entry-level wine purchase, Yuncang Winery’s brand LEESON Red Wine shared that you only need to understand the following elements of the wine label, which are:

1. Producer: The most eye-catching place is the wine production winery or large wine company, such as the Leisheng 566 model, the original wine producer is Spain, and the importer is Guangzhou Huapinhui Technology Co., Ltd.

2. Production area. The appellation refers to where the grapes are grown, not where they are brewed. For example, most French wines come from Bordeaux or Burgundy, and the quality of wines in different production areas also varies, because the quality of grapes is significantly affected by the terroir of the production area. Therefore, Bordeaux , Burgundy , etc. are generally seen on the wine label. The more specific the production area information on the wine label, the higher the quality of the wine, and of course the higher the price.

3. Year. For example , "2019" in the label of Leisheng 818 represents the year when the wine grapes were harvested, not the year when the wine was released. The maturity and acidity of grapes vary with different years. For some top wines, the year is very important, and the quality of the year has a great impact on the quality of the wine. Friends who are interested can check the year corresponding to the grape variety to see the quality of the grapes in that year. It should be noted that the non-vintage Champagne (Champagne) made by blending base wines of multiple years will not indicate the age information on the wine label.

4. Alcohol. No matter how difficult the foreign language label is, the alcohol content can be seen at a glance. If the alcohol content is 11%-17%, the lower the alcohol content, the lighter and refreshing the taste; the higher the alcohol content, the thicker the taste, and the lower the acidity.

5. Bar code numbers. There will be a barcode behind the wine target, and a series of numbers below it. Different numbers at the beginning represent different countries . Those starting with 69 are made in China, those starting with 30-37 are imported from France, those starting with 94 are imported from New Zealand, and those starting with 56 are imported from Portugal. The ones starting with 77 are imported from Argentina, the ones starting with 78 are imported from Chile, the ones starting with 80-83 are imported from Italy, the ones starting with 93 are imported from Australia, and the ones starting with 84 are imported from Spain.

The operation core of Yuncang Winery: Yuncang wines are shipped in one piece, with mature logistics and warehousing, centralized procurement reduces transportation costs, allows consumers to enjoy benefits, wins by quantity, and truly achieves high quality and low price.