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"Cork taint is caused by 2,4,6-trichloroanisole (TCA), and the oenological practices and permitted substances that govern winemaking in the EU are set out in Commission Regulation (EU) 2019/934.", "source": { "label": "Commission Regulation (EU) 2019/934 — oenological practices and restrictions", "url": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg_del/2019/934/oj" }, "page": { "url": "https://vinsip.app/guides/wine-faults-and-what-they-mean/", "title": "Wine faults: symptom, cause and what to do about it", "type": "diagnostic" }, "topic": "wine faults" }, { "id": "wine-faults-and-what-they-mean#2", "claim": "The AWRI reports that some assessors detect TCA in wine below 1 nanogram per litre, and that sensory thresholds are generally lower in white wine, around 3 to 7 nanograms per litre, than in red wine, around 8 to 15.", "source": { "label": "AWRI — Wine flavours, faults and taints", "url": 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"wine-faults-and-what-they-mean#4", "claim": "EU total sulphur dioxide limits are 150 mg per litre for dry red wine and 200 mg per litre for dry white and rosé, rising for wines with higher residual sugar.", "source": { "label": "OIV — Limits of sulfur dioxide in wines", "url": "https://www.oiv.int/node/3940" }, "page": { "url": "https://vinsip.app/guides/wine-faults-and-what-they-mean/", "title": "Wine faults: symptom, cause and what to do about it", "type": "diagnostic" }, "topic": "wine faults" }, { "id": "wine-faults-and-what-they-mean#5", "claim": "Wine sold in the EU must be labelled \"contains sulphites\" above 10 mg per litre of total sulphur dioxide.", "source": { "label": "Regulation (EU) 2021/2117 (EUR-Lex)", "url": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2021/2117/oj" }, "page": { "url": "https://vinsip.app/guides/wine-faults-and-what-they-mean/", "title": "Wine faults: symptom, cause and what to do about it", "type": "diagnostic" }, "topic": "wine faults" }, { "id": "wine-alcohol-content-and-units#1", "claim": "The NIAAA defines a United States standard drink as any beverage containing 14 grams of pure alcohol, which is 0.6 fluid ounces.", "source": { "label": "NIAAA — What is a standard drink?", "url": "https://www.niaaa.nih.gov/alcohols-effects-health/what-standard-drink" }, "page": { "url": "https://vinsip.app/guides/wine-alcohol-content-and-units/", "title": "Alcohol in wine: strengths, units and what a bottle contains", "type": "numbers" }, "topic": "alcohol content in wine" }, { "id": "wine-alcohol-content-and-units#2", "claim": "A United Kingdom alcohol unit is 8 grams, or 10 millilitres, of pure alcohol, according to the NHS.", "source": { "label": "NHS — Alcohol units", "url": "https://www.nhs.uk/live-well/alcohol-advice/calculating-alcohol-units/" }, "page": { "url": "https://vinsip.app/guides/wine-alcohol-content-and-units/", "title": "Alcohol in wine: strengths, units and what a bottle contains", "type": "numbers" }, "topic": "alcohol 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"Alcohol in wine: strengths, units and what a bottle contains", "type": "numbers" }, "topic": "alcohol content in wine" }, { "id": "wine-alcohol-content-and-units#5", "claim": "HMRC taxes wine by strength: £30.64 per litre of pure alcohol for wine between 8.5% and 22% ABV from 1 February 2026, so a stronger wine carries more duty.", "source": { "label": "HMRC — Alcohol Duty rates (GOV.UK)", "url": "https://www.gov.uk/guidance/alcohol-duty-rates" }, "page": { "url": "https://vinsip.app/guides/wine-alcohol-content-and-units/", "title": "Alcohol in wine: strengths, units and what a bottle contains", "type": "numbers" }, "topic": "alcohol content in wine" }, { "id": "wine-alcohol-content-and-units#6", "claim": "The United States federal excise rate rises above 16% ABV; still wine at or below 16% is taxed at $1.07 per wine gallon.", "source": { "label": "TTB — Tax and fee rates", "url": "https://www.ttb.gov/taxes/tax-audit/tax-and-fee-rates" }, "page": { "url": 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than conventional wine — 100 mg per litre for red with under 2 g of sugar per litre and 150 mg per litre for white and rosé under the same threshold, each raised by 30 mg per litre above it.", "source": { "label": "Commission Regulation (EU) 2019/934 — oenological practices and restrictions", "url": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg_del/2019/934/oj" }, "page": { "url": "https://vinsip.app/guides/sulfites-in-wine-explained/", "title": "Sulfites in wine: what they do, the legal limits, and the headache question", "type": "limits" }, "topic": "sulfites in wine" }, { "id": "sulfites-in-wine-explained#3", "claim": "Wine sold in the EU must be labelled \"contains sulphites\" once total sulphur dioxide exceeds 10 mg per litre, which is why nearly every bottle carries the phrase.", "source": { "label": "Regulation (EU) 2021/2117 (EUR-Lex)", "url": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2021/2117/oj" }, "page": { "url": "https://vinsip.app/guides/sulfites-in-wine-explained/", "title": "Sulfites in 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"https://ec.europa.eu/agriculture/eambrosia/geographical-indications-register/" }, "page": { "url": "https://vinsip.app/guides/wine-glossary/", "title": "Wine glossary: the terms that actually appear on labels and lists", "type": "glossary" }, "topic": "wine terms glossary" }, { "id": "wine-glossary#2", "claim": "The EU labelling threshold for the phrase \"contains sulphites\" is 10 mg per litre of total sulphur dioxide.", "source": { "label": "Regulation (EU) 2021/2117 (EUR-Lex)", "url": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2021/2117/oj" }, "page": { "url": "https://vinsip.app/guides/wine-glossary/", "title": "Wine glossary: the terms that actually appear on labels and lists", "type": "glossary" }, "topic": "wine terms glossary" }, { "id": "wine-glossary#3", "claim": "Under Regulation (EU) 2019/33 the alcoholic strength on a label carries a tolerance of 0.5% vol against analysis, or 0.8% vol for certain categories.", "source": { "label": "Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/33 (EUR-Lex)", "url": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX%3A32019R0033" }, "page": { "url": "https://vinsip.app/guides/wine-glossary/", "title": "Wine glossary: the terms that actually appear on labels and lists", "type": "glossary" }, "topic": "wine terms glossary" }, { "id": "how-long-wine-lasts-unopened#1", "claim": "EU total sulphur dioxide limits — 150 mg per litre for dry red and 200 mg per litre for dry white and rosé — set the ceiling on the main preservative available to a winemaker.", "source": { "label": "OIV — Limits of sulfur dioxide in wines", "url": "https://www.oiv.int/node/3940" }, "page": { "url": "https://vinsip.app/guides/how-long-wine-lasts-unopened/", "title": "How long unopened wine lasts, by style", "type": "numbers" }, "topic": "how long does wine last unopened" }, { "id": "how-long-wine-lasts-unopened#2", "claim": "Regulation (EU) 2019/33 grants a wider alcohol labelling tolerance of 0.8% vol to wines with a protected designation or geographical indication that have been bottled for more than three years, which is the regulation acknowledging that long-aged wine changes in the bottle.", "source": { "label": "Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/33 (EUR-Lex)", "url": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX%3A32019R0033" }, "page": { "url": "https://vinsip.app/guides/how-long-wine-lasts-unopened/", "title": "How long unopened wine lasts, by style", "type": "numbers" }, "topic": "how long does wine last unopened" }, { "id": "how-long-wine-lasts-unopened#3", "claim": "Directive 2007/45/EC permits still wine in bottles from 100 ml to 1 500 ml, and format matters to ageing because a larger bottle has less closure surface per unit of wine.", "source": { "label": "Directive 2007/45/EC, Annex — nominal quantities (legislation.gov.uk)", "url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2007/45/annex" }, "page": { "url": "https://vinsip.app/guides/how-long-wine-lasts-unopened/", "title": "How long unopened wine lasts, by style", "type": "numbers" }, "topic": "how long does wine last unopened" }, { "id": "wine-scores-explained#1", "claim": "Scores are not regulated in the way appellations are: the EU register of protected designations, eAmbrosia, records what a wine may call itself, and no equivalent register governs what a critic may score it.", "source": { "label": "European Commission — eAmbrosia, the EU GI register", "url": "https://ec.europa.eu/agriculture/eambrosia/geographical-indications-register/" }, "page": { "url": "https://vinsip.app/guides/wine-scores-explained/", "title": "Wine scores: what a 92-point rating actually means", "type": "standard" }, "topic": "wine scores explained" }, { "id": "wine-scores-explained#2", "claim": "A wine's legally verifiable attributes — origin, alcoholic strength within the 0.5% vol tolerance, sulphite declaration — are set by Regulation (EU) 2019/33 and Regulation (EU) 2021/2117, and none of them is a quality judgement.", "source": { "label": "Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/33 (EUR-Lex)", "url": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX%3A32019R0033" }, "page": { "url": "https://vinsip.app/guides/wine-scores-explained/", "title": "Wine scores: what a 92-point rating actually means", "type": "standard" }, "topic": "wine scores explained" }, { "id": "wine-rules-that-changed#1", "claim": "Regulation (EU) 2021/2117 has applied since 8 December 2023 and requires an ingredient list and a nutrition declaration for wine sold in the EU; only the energy value must be printed on the label, the rest may be electronic.", "source": { "label": "Regulation (EU) 2021/2117 (EUR-Lex)", "url": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2021/2117/oj" }, "page": { "url": "https://vinsip.app/guides/wine-rules-that-changed/", "title": "What changed in wine rules, and when", "type": "changes" }, "topic": "wine labelling rules changes" }, { "id": "wine-rules-that-changed#2", "claim": "The EU ingredient and nutrition requirement applies to wine from the 2024 harvest onwards, and wine produced before 8 December 2023 stays exempt until stocks are exhausted.", "source": { "label": "Regulation (EU) 2021/2117 (EUR-Lex)", "url": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2021/2117/oj" }, "page": { "url": "https://vinsip.app/guides/wine-rules-that-changed/", "title": "What changed in wine rules, and when", "type": "changes" }, "topic": "wine labelling rules changes" }, { "id": "wine-rules-that-changed#3", "claim": "HMRC now taxes wine by alcoholic strength rather than by a flat band, and the rate from 1 February 2026 is £30.64 per litre of pure alcohol for wine between 8.5% and 22% ABV.", "source": { "label": "HMRC — Alcohol Duty rates (GOV.UK)", "url": "https://www.gov.uk/guidance/alcohol-duty-rates" }, "page": { "url": "https://vinsip.app/guides/wine-rules-that-changed/", "title": "What changed in wine rules, and when", "type": "changes" }, "topic": "wine labelling rules changes" }, { "id": "wine-rules-that-changed#4", "claim": "United States federal wine excise remains $1.07 per wine gallon for still wine at or below 16% ABV, a rate unchanged in statute for decades.", "source": { "label": "TTB — Tax and fee rates", "url": "https://www.ttb.gov/taxes/tax-audit/tax-and-fee-rates" }, "page": { "url": "https://vinsip.app/guides/wine-rules-that-changed/", "title": "What changed in wine rules, and when", "type": "changes" }, "topic": "wine labelling rules changes" }, { "id": "wine-rules-that-changed#5", "claim": "Germany still levies no excise duty on still wine, while sparkling wine carries the Schaumweinsteuer at €136 per hectolitre at or above 6% ABV.", "source": { "label": "Schaumwein- und Zwischenerzeugnissteuergesetz (gesetze-im-internet.de)", "url": "https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/schaumwzwstg_2009/BJNR189600009.html" }, "page": { "url": "https://vinsip.app/guides/wine-rules-that-changed/", "title": "What changed in wine rules, and when", "type": "changes" }, "topic": "wine labelling rules changes" }, { "id": "how-wine-identifier-apps-work#1", "claim": "Apple lists Vivino under both Food & Drink and Shopping, and its App Store card shows 133,899 ratings averaging 4.84 as of 7 August 2026.", "source": { "label": "Vivino on the App Store (Apple)", "url": "https://apps.apple.com/us/app/vivino-buy-the-right-wine/id414461255" }, "page": { "url": "https://vinsip.app/guides/how-wine-identifier-apps-work/", "title": "How a wine identifier app turns a photograph into a bottle", "type": "mechanism" }, "topic": "wine identifier app" }, { "id": "how-wine-identifier-apps-work#2", "claim": "Vivino publishes its own figures as 74 million users, 3.26 billion scanned labels and 19.6 million wines in its database.", "source": { "label": "Vivino on the App Store (Apple)", "url": "https://apps.apple.com/us/app/vivino-buy-the-right-wine/id414461255" }, "page": { "url": "https://vinsip.app/guides/how-wine-identifier-apps-work/", "title": "How a wine identifier app turns a photograph into a bottle", "type": "mechanism" }, "topic": "wine identifier app" }, { "id": "how-wine-identifier-apps-work#3", "claim": "VinSip is published by VAST FLOW and listed on the App Store as Wine Vintage Scanner - VinSip.", "source": { "label": "VinSip on the App Store (Apple)", "url": "https://apps.apple.com/us/app/wine-vintage-scanner-vinsip/id6753107729" }, "page": { "url": "https://vinsip.app/guides/how-wine-identifier-apps-work/", "title": "How a wine identifier app turns a photograph into a bottle", "type": "mechanism" }, "topic": "wine identifier app" }, { "id": "how-wine-identifier-apps-work#4", "claim": "Under Regulation (EU) 2019/33 the alcoholic strength printed on a label may differ from the analysed strength by up to 0.5% vol, so even a perfectly read label is only accurate to that tolerance.", "source": { "label": "Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/33 (EUR-Lex)", "url": 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not sell wine and takes no payment for a listing or a ranking position, which is stated in full on its terms page.", "source": { "label": "VinSip on the App Store (Apple)", "url": "https://apps.apple.com/us/app/wine-vintage-scanner-vinsip/id6753107729" }, "page": { "url": "https://vinsip.app/guides/how-wine-recommendations-work/", "title": "Crowd ratings and taste matching are not the same recommendation", "type": "mechanism" }, "topic": "wine recommendation app" }, { "id": "wine-tracking-what-to-log#1", "claim": "Under Regulation (EU) 2019/33 the alcoholic strength on a label carries a tolerance of 0.5% vol against analysis, so a strength you log from the bottle is accurate to that margin and no better.", "source": { "label": "Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/33 (EUR-Lex)", "url": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX%3A32019R0033" }, "page": { "url": "https://vinsip.app/guides/wine-tracking-what-to-log/", "title": "What to log in a wine tracker, and 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"can-an-app-tell-you-if-a-wine-is-good#2", "claim": "The AWRI reports that some assessors detect TCA in wine below 1 nanogram per litre; cork taint is a property of the liquid, not of the label, and nothing visible on a bottle indicates it.", "source": { "label": "AWRI — Wine flavours, faults and taints", "url": "https://www.awri.com.au/industry_support/winemaking_resources/sensory_assessment/recognition-of-wine-faults-and-taints/wine_faults/" }, "page": { "url": "https://vinsip.app/guides/can-an-app-tell-you-if-a-wine-is-good/", "title": "What a wine app can tell you, and what it cannot", "type": "limits" }, "topic": "are wine apps accurate" }, { "id": "can-an-app-tell-you-if-a-wine-is-good#3", "claim": "Vivino publishes 19.6 million wines in its database against 3.26 billion scans, so even the largest catalogue is small relative to the number of label-and-vintage combinations in circulation.", "source": { "label": "Vivino on the App Store (Apple)", "url": "https://apps.apple.com/us/app/vivino-buy-the-right-wine/id414461255" }, "page": { "url": "https://vinsip.app/guides/can-an-app-tell-you-if-a-wine-is-good/", "title": "What a wine app can tell you, and what it cannot", "type": "limits" }, "topic": "are wine apps accurate" }, { "id": "can-an-app-tell-you-if-a-wine-is-good#4", "claim": "EU wine labels must carry \"contains sulphites\" above 10 mg per litre, which an app can read but which says nothing about how much sulphur dioxide the wine actually contains below the legal ceiling.", "source": { "label": "Regulation (EU) 2021/2117 (EUR-Lex)", "url": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2021/2117/oj" }, "page": { "url": "https://vinsip.app/guides/can-an-app-tell-you-if-a-wine-is-good/", "title": "What a wine app can tell you, and what it cannot", "type": "limits" }, "topic": "are wine apps accurate" }, { "id": "how-to-photograph-a-wine-label#1", "claim": "Under Regulation (EU) 2019/33 the alcoholic strength on a label carries a 0.5% vol tolerance, and it is one of the few fields every EU label must carry — which makes it a useful anchor when the producer name is unreadable.", "source": { "label": "Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/33 (EUR-Lex)", "url": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX%3A32019R0033" }, "page": { "url": "https://vinsip.app/guides/how-to-photograph-a-wine-label/", "title": "How to photograph a wine label so it actually gets recognised", "type": "diagnostic" }, "topic": "how to scan a wine label" }, { "id": "how-to-photograph-a-wine-label#2", "claim": "Since 8 December 2023, Regulation (EU) 2021/2117 has required an ingredient list and a nutrition declaration on EU wine, with only the energy value printed on the label itself and the rest reachable by QR code — so the back label of a recent EU bottle carries more machine-readable information than the front.", "source": { "label": "Regulation (EU) 2021/2117 (EUR-Lex)", "url": 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of the grapes used were harvested in that year.", "source": { "label": "Article 49, Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/33 — vintage year (EUR-Lex)", "url": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX%3A32019R0033" }, "page": { "url": "https://vinsip.app/guides/wine-vintage-charts-explained/", "title": "What a wine vintage chart measures, and when the year matters", "type": "mechanism" }, "topic": "wine vintage chart" }, { "id": "wine-vintage-charts-explained#2", "claim": "In the United States, 27 CFR 4.27 sets two different thresholds: a wine labelled with a viticultural area appellation must be at least 95% from grapes harvested in the labelled calendar year, while a wine labelled with any other kind of appellation of origin needs at least 85%.", "source": { "label": "27 CFR 4.27 — vintage wine (eCFR)", "url": "https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-27/chapter-I/subchapter-A/part-4/subpart-D/section-4.27" }, "page": { "url": "https://vinsip.app/guides/wine-vintage-charts-explained/", "title": "What a wine vintage chart measures, and when the year matters", "type": "mechanism" }, "topic": "wine vintage chart" }, { "id": "wine-vintage-charts-explained#3", "claim": "Wine Spectator states that each of its vintage ratings has three components: a score on its 100-point scale, a drink recommendation, and a description of the growing season.", "source": { "label": "Wine Spectator — About Our Vintage Charts", "url": "https://www.winespectator.com/articles/about-our-vintage-charts" }, "page": { "url": "https://vinsip.app/guides/wine-vintage-charts-explained/", "title": "What a wine vintage chart measures, and when the year matters", "type": "mechanism" }, "topic": "wine vintage chart" }, { "id": "wine-vintage-charts-explained#4", "claim": "Wine Spectator lists five drink recommendations on its vintage charts: Drink, Hold, Drink or Hold, Past Peak, and NYR for a vintage whose wines have not yet been released.", "source": { "label": "Wine Spectator — About Our Vintage Charts", "url": "https://www.winespectator.com/articles/about-our-vintage-charts" }, "page": { "url": "https://vinsip.app/guides/wine-vintage-charts-explained/", "title": "What a wine vintage chart measures, and when the year matters", "type": "mechanism" }, "topic": "wine vintage chart" }, { "id": "wine-vintage-charts-explained#5", "claim": "Wine Spectator says its vintage ratings are built from three inputs — the weather during the growing season, vintners' reports on conditions and young wines, and, most importantly, its own tastings of the wines from that vintage.", "source": { "label": "Wine Spectator — About Our Vintage Charts", "url": "https://www.winespectator.com/articles/about-our-vintage-charts" }, "page": { "url": "https://vinsip.app/guides/wine-vintage-charts-explained/", "title": "What a wine vintage chart measures, and when the year matters", "type": "mechanism" }, "topic": "wine vintage chart" }, { "id": "wine-vintage-charts-explained#6", "claim": "Wine Spectator publishes the meaning of each band on its 100-point scale: 95-100 Classic, a great wine; 90-94 Outstanding, a wine of superior character and style; 85-89 Very good, a wine with special qualities; 80-84 Good, a solid, well-made wine; 75-79 Mediocre, a drinkable wine that may have minor flaws; and 50-74 Not recommended.", "source": { "label": "Wine Spectator's 100-Point Scale", "url": "https://www.winespectator.com/articles/scoring-scale" }, "page": { "url": "https://vinsip.app/guides/wine-vintage-charts-explained/", "title": "What a wine vintage chart measures, and when the year matters", "type": "mechanism" }, "topic": "wine vintage chart" }, { "id": "wine-vintage-charts-explained#7", "claim": "Wine Spectator notes that in the Southern Hemisphere, where the growing season spans the end of one year and the beginning of the next, the vintage date refers to the year the grapes were picked, typically from February into spring.", "source": { "label": "Wine Spectator — About Our Vintage Charts", "url": "https://www.winespectator.com/articles/about-our-vintage-charts" }, "page": { "url": "https://vinsip.app/guides/wine-vintage-charts-explained/", "title": "What a wine vintage chart measures, and when the year matters", "type": "mechanism" }, "topic": "wine vintage chart" }, { "id": "wine-labels-with-animals-on-them#1", "claim": "The Consorzio Vino Chianti Classico was founded at Radda in Chianti on 14 May 1924 by 33 growers, who adopted the Black Rooster — the historic emblem of the old Military League of Chianti — as their symbol.", "source": { "label": "Consorzio Vino Chianti Classico — history of the Black Rooster", "url": "https://www.chianticlassico.com/en/trademark/history-of-the-black-rooster/" }, "page": { "url": "https://vinsip.app/guides/wine-labels-with-animals-on-them/", "title": "What the animal on a wine label means, and how to find the bottle again", "type": "mechanism" }, "topic": "wine with animal on label" }, { "id": "wine-labels-with-animals-on-them#2", "claim": "From 2005 the Black Rooster became the single mark of all Chianti Classico wine and was carried on the state neck seal of every bottle; after a graphic revision in 2013 it must appear on every bottle of Chianti Classico, on the main label, the neck label or the back label. A bottle without it is not a Chianti Classico.", "source": { "label": "Consorzio Vino Chianti Classico — history of the Black Rooster", "url": "https://www.chianticlassico.com/en/trademark/history-of-the-black-rooster/" }, "page": { "url": "https://vinsip.app/guides/wine-labels-with-animals-on-them/", "title": "What the animal on a wine label means, and how to find the bottle again", "type": "mechanism" }, "topic": "wine with animal on label" }, { "id": "wine-labels-with-animals-on-them#3", "claim": "The Vienna Classification, created by the Vienna Agreement of 1973, is the international classification of the figurative elements of marks; trademark offices index registered pictures under it, and its tenth edition entered into force on 1 January 2026.", "source": { "label": "WIPO — Vienna Classification of the figurative elements of marks", "url": "https://www.wipo.int/en/web/classification-vienna" }, "page": { "url": "https://vinsip.app/guides/wine-labels-with-animals-on-them/", "title": "What the animal on a wine label means, and how to find the bottle again", "type": "mechanism" }, "topic": "wine with animal on label" }, { "id": "wine-labels-with-animals-on-them#4", "claim": "Under Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/33 the mandatory particulars on an EU wine label are textual — the designation of origin, the alcoholic strength, the bottler, the allergen declaration and the volume. No image is a mandatory particular, and no image is registered as part of the appellation.", "source": { "label": "Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/33 (EUR-Lex)", "url": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX%3A32019R0033" }, "page": { "url": "https://vinsip.app/guides/wine-labels-with-animals-on-them/", "title": "What the animal on a wine label means, and how to find the bottle again", "type": "mechanism" }, "topic": "wine with animal on label" }, { "id": "wine-labels-with-animals-on-them#5", "claim": "Every protected designation of origin and geographical indication in the EU is registered publicly in the European Commission's eAmbrosia database, which is searchable by name and by country but not by picture.", "source": { "label": "European Commission — eAmbrosia, the EU GI register", "url": "https://ec.europa.eu/agriculture/eambrosia/geographical-indications-register/" }, "page": { "url": "https://vinsip.app/guides/wine-labels-with-animals-on-them/", "title": "What the animal on a wine label means, and how to find the bottle again", "type": "mechanism" }, "topic": "wine with animal on label" }, { "id": "wine-labels-with-animals-on-them#6", "claim": "Since 8 December 2023, Regulation (EU) 2021/2117 has required an ingredient list and a nutrition declaration on EU wine, with only the energy value printed on the label itself and the remainder reachable through a code on the label.", "source": { "label": "Regulation (EU) 2021/2117 (EUR-Lex)", "url": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2021/2117/oj" }, "page": { "url": "https://vinsip.app/guides/wine-labels-with-animals-on-them/", "title": "What the animal on a wine label means, and how to find the bottle again", "type": "mechanism" }, "topic": "wine with animal on label" }, { "id": "wine-nutrition-label-explained#1", "claim": "Since 8 December 2023, Regulation (EU) 2021/2117 has required wine sold in the European Union to carry a nutrition declaration and a list of ingredients; only the energy value must be printed on the label itself, and the remainder may be provided by electronic means reachable from the label.", "source": { "label": "Regulation (EU) 2021/2117 (EUR-Lex)", "url": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2021/2117/oj" }, "page": { "url": "https://vinsip.app/guides/wine-nutrition-label-explained/", "title": "What the nutrition and ingredient information on a wine bottle means", "type": "changes" }, "topic": "wine nutrition label" }, { "id": "wine-nutrition-label-explained#2", "claim": "EU wine must carry the words \"contains sulphites\" once total sulphur dioxide exceeds 10 mg per litre, which is low enough that almost every bottle carries the phrase.", "source": { "label": "Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/33 (EUR-Lex)", "url": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX%3A32019R0033" }, "page": { "url": "https://vinsip.app/guides/wine-nutrition-label-explained/", "title": "What the nutrition and ingredient information on a wine bottle means", "type": "changes" }, "topic": "wine nutrition label" }, { "id": "wine-nutrition-label-explained#3", "claim": "Commission Regulation (EU) 2019/934 sets the maximum total sulphur dioxide for dry conventional wine at 150 mg per litre for red and 200 mg per litre for white and rosé, with lower ceilings for organic wine.", "source": { "label": "Commission Regulation (EU) 2019/934 — oenological practices and restrictions", "url": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg_del/2019/934/oj" }, "page": { "url": "https://vinsip.app/guides/wine-nutrition-label-explained/", "title": "What the nutrition and ingredient information on a wine bottle means", "type": "changes" }, "topic": "wine nutrition label" }, { "id": "wine-nutrition-label-explained#4", "claim": "On 17 January 2025 the United States Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau proposed requiring an \"Alcohol Facts\" statement disclosing per-serving alcohol, calorie and nutrient content on all alcohol beverage labels under the Federal Alcohol Administration Act, and proposed a compliance date of five years from the publication of a final rule.", "source": { "label": "Federal Register — Alcohol Facts Statements in the Labeling of Wines, Distilled Spirits, and Malt Beverages (TTB, 17 January 2025)", "url": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/01/17/2025-00957/alcohol-facts-statements-in-the-labeling-of-wines-distilled-spirits-and-malt-beverages" }, "page": { "url": "https://vinsip.app/guides/wine-nutrition-label-explained/", "title": "What the nutrition and ingredient information on a wine bottle means", "type": "changes" }, "topic": "wine nutrition label" }, { "id": "wine-nutrition-label-explained#5", "claim": "On the same day, 17 January 2025, the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau proposed a separate rule requiring disclosure of every major food allergen used in producing wine, distilled spirits and malt beverages.", "source": { "label": "Federal Register — Major Food Allergen Labeling for 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carries a tolerance of 0.5% vol, so the figure a calorie calculation is built on is itself an approximation.", "source": { "label": "Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/33 (EUR-Lex)", "url": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX%3A32019R0033" }, "page": { "url": "https://vinsip.app/guides/wine-nutrition-label-explained/", "title": "What the nutrition and ingredient information on a wine bottle means", "type": "changes" }, "topic": "wine nutrition label" }, { "id": "bordeaux-vintage-explained#1", "claim": "The INAO cahier des charges for the AOC Bordeaux allows red wines to be made exclusively from six varieties: cabernet-sauvignon, cabernet franc, merlot, cot (also called malbec), carmenère and petit verdot.", "source": { "label": "INAO — cahier des charges de l'AOC « Bordeaux » (juin 2025)", "url": "https://extranet.inao.gouv.fr/fichier/2-CDC-Bordeaux-06-2025.pdf" }, "page": { "url": "https://vinsip.app/guides/bordeaux-vintage-explained/", "title": "What 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— may be planted for AOC Bordeaux red on no more than 5% of a holding's planted area, taken together or separately.", "source": { "label": "INAO — cahier des charges de l'AOC « Bordeaux » (juin 2025)", "url": "https://extranet.inao.gouv.fr/fichier/2-CDC-Bordeaux-06-2025.pdf" }, "page": { "url": "https://vinsip.app/guides/bordeaux-vintage-explained/", "title": "What a Bordeaux vintage chart is really telling you", "type": "mechanism" }, "topic": "bordeaux vintage chart" }, { "id": "bordeaux-vintage-explained#4", "claim": "The AOC Bordeaux yield for red wine is fixed at 60 hectolitres per hectare, with a maximum of 68 hectolitres per hectare for vines planted at 4 000 vines per hectare or more.", "source": { "label": "INAO — cahier des charges de l'AOC « Bordeaux » (juin 2025)", "url": "https://extranet.inao.gouv.fr/fichier/2-CDC-Bordeaux-06-2025.pdf" }, "page": { "url": "https://vinsip.app/guides/bordeaux-vintage-explained/", "title": "What a Bordeaux vintage chart is really telling 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cahier des charges for the AOC Bourgogne names pinot noir as the principal variety for red wines, and chardonnay and pinot blanc as the principal varieties for white wines, with pinot gris as an accessory variety.", "source": { "label": "INAO — cahier des charges de l'AOC « Bourgogne »", "url": "https://extranet.inao.gouv.fr/fichier/pnocdcbourgogne.pdf" }, "page": { "url": "https://vinsip.app/guides/burgundy-vintage-explained/", "title": "Why a Burgundy vintage chart tells you less than the grower does", "type": "mechanism" }, "topic": "burgundy vintage chart" }, { "id": "burgundy-vintage-explained#2", "claim": "The BIVB counts 84 appellations in Bourgogne: 33 Grands Crus, 44 Villages and Premiers Crus, and 7 Régionales.", "source": { "label": "BIVB — Les chiffres clés de la Bourgogne viticole (avril 2021)", "url": "https://www.vins-bourgogne.fr/boutique/gallery_files/site/12881/13105/39503.pdf" }, "page": { "url": "https://vinsip.app/guides/burgundy-vintage-explained/", "title": "Why 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production, Villages and Premiers Crus at 47%, and Grands Crus at 1%.", "source": { "label": "BIVB — Les chiffres clés de la Bourgogne viticole (avril 2021)", "url": "https://www.vins-bourgogne.fr/boutique/gallery_files/site/12881/13105/39503.pdf" }, "page": { "url": "https://vinsip.app/guides/burgundy-vintage-explained/", "title": "Why a Burgundy vintage chart tells you less than the grower does", "type": "mechanism" }, "topic": "burgundy vintage chart" }, { "id": "burgundy-vintage-explained#7", "claim": "Bourgogne production is 60% white wine, 29% red and rosé, and 11% Crémant de Bourgogne, and represents 4% of the French vineyard and 0.5% of world production, according to the BIVB.", "source": { "label": "BIVB — Les chiffres clés de la Bourgogne viticole (avril 2021)", "url": "https://www.vins-bourgogne.fr/boutique/gallery_files/site/12881/13105/39503.pdf" }, "page": { "url": "https://vinsip.app/guides/burgundy-vintage-explained/", "title": "Why a Burgundy vintage chart tells you less than the grower does", "type": "mechanism" }, "topic": "burgundy vintage chart" }, { "id": "burgundy-vintage-explained#8", "claim": "Under Article 49 of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/33, a vintage year may appear on the label only if at least 85% of the grapes were harvested in that year.", "source": { "label": "Article 49, Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/33 — vintage year (EUR-Lex)", "url": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX%3A32019R0033" }, "page": { "url": "https://vinsip.app/guides/burgundy-vintage-explained/", "title": "Why a Burgundy vintage chart tells you less than the grower does", "type": "mechanism" }, "topic": "burgundy vintage chart" } ] }