Imported wines are required to be labeled in Chinese. The common contents included in the labels include the following: grape variety; wine name; harvest year; grade; production area; bottler; winery name ;The name of the wine-producing country; net content; alcohol concentration.
It should be noted that not all wine bottles will indicate the grape type. Producing countries such as Australia and the United States stipulate that a bottle of wine must contain more than 75% of a certain grape before the name of that variety can be marked on the bottle. Traditional European grape-producing areas have different regulations, such as Germany and France. If the name of a certain grape variety appears on the label, it means that at least 85% of the wine is made from that type of grape.
The name of the wine is usually the name of the winery, or it may be the specific name of the manor owner, or even the name of the production area. The year indicated on the wine label is the year the grapes were harvested.
Wine-producing countries usually have strict quality control, and different countries have different methods of classifying wines. Usually, the grade of Old World products can be seen from the wine label. The New World is not marked as there is no grading system. As far as traditional wine production areas are concerned, the name of the production region on the wine label is an important piece of information. If you know that the wine is from a certain production area, you will probably know the characteristics and taste of the wine. The bottler is not necessarily the same as the winemaker. Wines bottled by the winery themselves will be marked as "original winery bottled" and are generally more valuable than wines bottled by wine merchants.
Wine generally has a capacity of 750ml, but there are also 375ml, 250ml and 185ml products designed for people who drink less, and 1500ml, 3000ml and 6000ml products designed for drinking by many people and banquets. Alcohol concentration is usually expressed in ° or %. The alcohol concentration of wine is usually between 8% and 15%, but the concentration of port wine and sherry wine is relatively high (about 18%~23%)