How to Read a Wine Label

Wine labels are one of the genuine mysteries of the wine world — the information they contain is standardized within countries but varies enormously between them, and the conventions are counterintuitive unless someone explains the underlying system. Today's episode covers the single most important distinction in reading labels (Old World versus New World), then breaks down every element you'll encounter — producer, region, grape, vintage, classification, and the fine print — so you can decode any bottle in thirty seconds.