Wine 201- How to Read a Southern Rhone Wine label

By Gregory Dal Piaz

Finding out what's on the label and what it really means.

Jun 01, 2011

Correctly answer all the questions below to complete the quiz.

Quiz

The phrase propriétaires récoltants on a wine label means...

The wine is guaranteed to be good.
The wine was made from purchased fruit.
The producer of the wine grew the fruit.
The wine was purchased by the bottler.

Which appellation would you not find on a bottle from the Southern Rhone?

Gigondas
Chateauneuf du Pape
Cotes du Rhone
Cotes de Castillon

Mis en Bouteille au Domaine. Means?

The wine was bottled at the domaine.
The bottles were stored at the domaine.
The fruit was grown at the domaine.
That this is a reliably authentic wine.

Which information must be on the label of a wine from the Southern Rhone?

The alcoholic content of the wine.
The residual sugar found in the wine.
The minimum alcoholic content for the appellation.
The name of the bottler.

Which information is not required on the label of a bottle of wine from the Southern Rhone?

The name of the producer.
The name of the specific vineyards the grapes are from.
The size of the bottle.
The name of the appellation.

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1068283StoneTempleHoldings Interesting article. One must need to know a lot more about a wine then anticipated for each region of a wine country when selecting a wine to their liking. A process that takes years to understand, all the while constantly changing depending on the harvest year. Much like a game of chess with ever so many moves to be made.

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