From the California Historical Society. UC Davis wine historian James Lapsley will use vintage wine labels to share the colorful history of California wine at a public event at the California ...

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Like with the Eco Terrano wine, 2020 refers to the vintage, the year the grapes were harvested. 4. “Mis en boutille au chateau” means that the bottling took place at the chateau.

So vintage labelling is far less important than it was. You have to look very hard at some labels to find it. Quite often it is there but hidden in small print on the back label.

Our 2022 sparkling wine guide: 50+ label terms, what to know before you buy. Updated: Mar. 07, ... Non-vintage. Means the wine is a blend of several vintages. Most Champagne is NV.

Vintage — the year printed on a wine label — can give a bottle a certain cachet. But what does vintage mean? The vintage refers to the year in which the grapes were harvested for that wine.