Rules and Classifications

Question 1

Is a Brand Name on a bottle label optional or mandatory?

Answer 1

Mandatory

Question 2

Is the Wine Type on a bottle label optional or mandatory?

Answer 2

Mandatory

Question 3

It the Vintage on a bottle label optional or mandatory?

Answer 3

Optional

Question 4

Is Special Designations on a bottle label optional or mandatory?

Answer 4

Optional

Question 5

Is Vineyard Designations on a bottle label optional or mandatory?

Answer 5

Optional

Question 6

Is the Producer and Bottler on a bottle label optional or mandatory?

Answer 6

Mandatory

Question 7

Is Estate Bottled on a bottle label optional or mandatory?

Answer 7

Optional

Question 8

Is the Alcohol Content on a bottle label optional or mandatory?

Answer 8

Mandatory

Question 9

Is the Net Contents on a bottle label optional or mandatory?

Answer 9

Mandatory

Question 10

Is the Declaration of Sulfites on a bottle label optional or mandatory?

Answer 10

Mandatory

Question 11

Is the Government Warning on a bottle label optional or mandatory?

Answer 11

Mandatory

Question 12

If there is no brand name on the bottle what is considered the brand?

Answer 12

The bottler’s name

Question 13

It is helpful to refer to the bottler’s name when describing what?

Answer 13

A winery that has several brands

Question 14

Wines can be labeled by a grape or varietal name. What is another label that can be listed as a Wine Type?

Answer 14

Generic names like “Red Table Wine”

Question 15

Wines using varietal names must derive what percentage of their volume from that grape named?

Answer 15

75%

Question 16

Although it is not required what do many wineries list in reference to grape varieties used for their blends?

Answer 16

The list the proportions of the grape varieties within the wine

Question 17

What percentage of grapes must have their origin be from a named state of county?

Answer 17

75%

Question 18

What percentage of grapes must come from the named AVA for wines labeled with an AVA?

Answer 18

85%

Question 19

Wines labeled with a named AVA must follow what additional law?

Answer 19

The wines must be fully finished in the state in which the AVA is located

Question 20

California law requires what for any wine labeled with a California AVA?

Answer 20

Required that 100% of the grapes come from within California

Question 21

What does a vintage label designate?

Answer 21

The year in which the grapes were harvested

Question 22

Federal regulations allow what percentage of a blend can come from a vintage other than the year stated on the bottle? When was this regulation begun?

Answer 22

15% of the blend can be from a vintage other than the year stated

Regulation for this began in May 2006

Question 23

When it comes to vintage regulations what area has stricter laws regarding vintage designations?

Answer 23

California AVAs, wines labeled Napa Valley or one of its sub- appellations

Question 24

What are California’s regulations regarding vintage labeling?

Answer 24

95% of the grapes must be from the vintage stated on the wine label.

Question 25

Wines of high standards are usually designated as what on wine labels?

Answer 25

“Special Selection” or “Private Reserve”

Question 26

Why do many wineries name the vineyard where the grape is grown on the wine label?

Answer 26

Because the winery believes the property produces an unusually high quality grape.

Question 27

If a winery uses a vineyard name on the wine label, federal regulations require what percentage of the grapes in that bottle to be grown at the listed vineyard?

Answer 27

95%

Question 28

If the label says, “Produced and bottled by…” or “Made and bottled by…”. This indicates that what percentage of the wine was fermented at the stated address?

Answer 28

75%

Question 29

The Estate Bottled term on a wine label legally certifies what about the wine in the bottle?

Answer 29

Certifies that the winery grew 100% of the grapes on the land it owns or controls, and the winery completed the process from start to finish.

Question 30

If a wine label says “Estate Bottled” what must be located in that Estate’s viticultural area?

Answer 30

Both the vineyard and the winery

Question 31

On a wine label an Alcohol Content statement of 14% has what tolerance? What is the threshold that this tolerance cannot go over

Answer 31

Plus or minus 1.5% but cannot push it over 14%

Question 32

On the wine label an Alcohol Content statement of 14% or more has what tolerance?

Answer 32

Plus or minus 1.0%, this cannot push the wine lower than 14%

Question 33

How can the Net Contents of a wine be shown on the wine bottle?

Answer 33

Either printed, or blown into the glass directly

Question 34

What level of sulfur dioxide must be present in a wine in order for it to be legally required to include a label declaring the sulfite levels?

Answer 34

10 parts per million or greater

Question 35

All wine bottled after what date must include a government health warning statement.

Answer 35

November 18th 1989