Backers of strict location-based wine labeling, including those from the Napa wine industry, gained momentum in their efforts in March, taking their tune to the halls of the U.S. Congress and ...

That’s because wines from Europe are typically labeled only with the name of the region they come from. This practice has roots in winemaking tradition and is often enforced by strict labeling laws.

The 3rd District Court of Appeal in Sacramento on Wednesday voided a state law, saying ... annually from these wines, argued that federal regulators had approved the labels, preempting state ...

ALL COUNTRIES and even some states have their own laws and customs regarding wine labels. Some items of information must be listed while others are not subject to specific rules. For example, ...

How to Read a French Wine Label However, label requirements in most New World regions aren’t as stringent as they are in most traditional winemaking regions. As a result, most labels from New ...

and laws governing wine production, honed over centuries, can differ from region to region. The result is that French wine labels, which are ostensibly meant to communicate to consumers what’s ...