Wine Labelling
According to the basic Regulation on wine, the mandatory information includes
- the name under which the product is sold
- the nominal volume
- information on the wine’s sulphur dioxide content included on the label
- the actual alcoholic strength by volume
- the name or corporate name of the bottler, the local administrative area and the Mem-ber State (or the consignor, for containers with a nominal volume of more than 60 li-tres),
- and the lot number in accordance with Council Directive 89/396 on indications or marks identifying the lot to which a foodstuff belongs.
On table wines and table wines with geographical indication, the words “poytaviini” (“table wine”) are included in the name under which the product is sold. The table wines with geo-graphical indication must also mention the name of the geographical unit. The quality wines’ psr must mention the name of the production area.
The labels of wines from third countries must include the word “viini” (“wine”), which must be supplemented by the name of the country of origin. Furthermore, the labels of wines originating in third countries must include the information on the importer or, when bottling took place in the Community, the bottler. It should be noted that the importer means the importer into the Community, and it is not always necessary to name the importer into Finland on the label.
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