Wine
Labels
California-Wine Institute Rules and Regulations
75%
of the varietal is required to be from a main grape,
if less than 75%, it cannot be labeled, for instance, Cabernet
Sauvignon http://www.wineinstitute.org/fedlaw/regs/27cfr_part4/4_23.htm
75%
of the varietal is required to be from the same
appellation to named from this appellation, such as "Stags
Leap" or "Howell Mountain." If not the wine may be labeled
from the region, such as Napa County, and if less than 75%
from this region, then "California," if 75% is from California.
Estate
Bottled
1) Is located in the labeled viticultural area; (2) grew
all of the grapes used to make the wine on land owned or
controlled by the winery within the boundaries of the labeled
viticultural area; (3) crushed the grapes, fermented the
resulting must, and finished, aged, and bottled the wine
in a continuous process (the wine at no time having left
the premises of the bottling winery). http://www.wineinstitute.org/fedlaw/regs/27cfr_part4/4_26.htm
Vintage
Year of harvest ( not bottling ) http://www.wineinstitute.org/fedlaw/regs/27cfr_part4/4_27.htm
Producer
To be labeled as producer, 75% of the wine must be produced
by the same party. 75% of the wine must be packed by the
same packer to be labeled. Although the term 75% "produced
and bottled" by the same party may be substituted for either
the "bottler" or "packer." Therefore the person who
grew the grapes need not be named, or if the bottler had
someone else bottle, but he packed the wine, he then can
use " produced and bottled".
In
addition to the name of the bottler or packer and the
place where bottled or packed (but not in lieu thereof)
there may be stated the name and address of any other
person for whom such wine is bottled or packed, immediately
preceded by the words "Bottled for" or "Packed for" or
"Distributed by" or other similar statement; or the name
and principal place of business of the rectifier, blender,
or maker, immediately preceded by the words "Rectified
by," "Blended by" or "Made by," respectively, or, in the
case of imitation wine only, "Manufactured by." http://www.wineinstitute.org/fedlaw/regs/27cfr_part4/4_35.htm
The
wine must not be named after a geographic region ( as is
the custom in Europe ) http://www.wineinstitute.org/fedlaw/regs/27cfr_part4/4_24.htm
For more information, please see: http://www.wineinstitute.org/fedlaw/table_of_contents.html
