When it comes time to choose a wine gift, are the labels leaving you clueless? Unless you are educated in wines it can be very difficult to know which wine is which by merely reading the label. This article will explain some of the terms you need to know when choosing a wine gift.
Most New World wines (those from America, Australia or South America) are often easier to understand. They tend to be much more direct in what they put on the labels. European wine labels, on the other hand, can be confusing with the terms and amount of information. It also doesn’t help that the labels are not in English.
There are terms that you want to see on a label as they often indicate a wine of higher quality. There are also terms that should raise a red flag and often point to inferior quality. There are also terms that are merely informative and don’t give an indication of any sort.
Poor Soil/Deprived of Water sounds like it would be a bad thing but it’s not. Grape varietals grown under these conditions will often tend to focus all the energy on producing and ripening the grapes. The resulting wine is usually superior because the grapes are of higher...