The result is that French wine labels, which are ostensibly meant to communicate to consumers what’s inside the bottle, have become a jumble of often confusing terms. The best way to buy wine ...

For example, Napa Valley’s Atlas Peak AVA can only appear on a label if the grapes were grown between 400 and 2,600 feet above sea level. Fans of Italian and French wines will recognize these ...

For the last few years, much of the French wine industry ... the label features bright yellow lettering against a flaming red backdrop, with speckles of pink, purple, blue, green, and orange.

Appellation contrôlée, or sometimes appellation d’origine contrôlée is a term that appears on many bottles of French wine. An appellation can be translated as a name or title, and ...

From home-made to made in France, organic to artisan, AOP to Red Label - French food and drink products have a bewildering array of different labels and quality marks - here's what they all mean.