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How to read a wine label

By Sheere Ng - Monday, Sep 24, 2012

Always confused by the information on a wine label? Wonder what all those strange names and numbers are about? We speak to Mr Claude Dizerens, Managing Director of Wine Shop, and Mr William Chong, Chief Exploration Officer of Authentic Wine Explorers, on how to read the lines on the wines.

 

Front Label

 

Back Label

 

Not all information is printed in front. Increasingly, especially among new world wines, the front labels are replaced with graphics and designs to attract your attention…

 

For lesser known wines, picture paints a thousand words.