Wednesday, 14 October 2015

wine labels/packaging regulations

We can't all be wine connoisseurs and I don't claim to be, but for this project maybe I can be a wine label connoisseurs. (I'm so full of puns/cheesy comments for this project I'm slightly disgusted with myself). 
So it took a very long boring read to sift through everything I would need to legally make my product viable. Different countries expect different legalities. Here I've compiled a list of everything I found to make a UK wine label legal. 
Drink aware - units in that bottle of wine, the recommended amounts. (There is a standard drink aware label that has everything you need that is on all drinks with alcohol, which is what I will be using.)
Allergies - we're these grapes contaminated/within the vicinity of any nuts?
Storage information - fridge, cupboard? Once opened don't leave for five years before you finish it? 
Barcode. 
Distribution - where are you going to?/where you been? 
Controlled appellation - fancy way of asking where it's made. 
Volume - percentage of alcohol, weak or so strong one glass is going to nock you over?
Type of wine - red, white, rosé, other. 
And the year. 
These are all aspects that must be visible to the buyer. If any of these are not visible on the label/packaging then you won't meet trading standards and you can say goodbye to your dream of creating a new line of wine and becoming filthy rich. 




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