Wine labels

Legal provisions

Each bottle of wine represents months of work. And this hard work deserves a beautiful label. In addition to design, however, it’s also important to bear in mind that in France, wine containers with a capacity of less than 60 liters are required to be labeled as the basis for mandatory consumer information. Certain information, such as the sales denomination, information on the bottler, residual sugar content and alcohol content, must be clearly legible on the wine bottle label. The details are governed by French wine law, based on European regulations.

Mandatory information

• Sales name
• Actual alcoholic strength by volume (TAVA)
• Provenance
• Nominal volume
• Name of bottler
• Batch number
• Allergens
• De-alcoholized” or “partially de-alcoholized” label and date of minimum durability (DDM)
• Sugar content
• Health message

Here you’ll find all the information you need to know about the correct marking and labeling of wine bottles.

Presentation label, main label, back label…

Many quality wines often bear three labels: a front label, a back label and a neck loop. However, it’s not compulsory to have all three labels on your bottle of wine. You can also include all the information on a single label. There is also the notion of a main label. The main label must contain the information required by wine law and be easy to read. If this information appears on the back label, the latter legally constitutes the main label.

What type of label should I choose?

We print your design to your specifications, either as self-adhesive labels on rolls or as self-adhesive labels on sheets. Self-adhesive labels have the advantage of being immediately usable thanks to their adhesive layer on the reverse, and can be applied to the wine bottle without any additional work. Our self-adhesive labels on rolls are ideal for both mechanical and manual processing. If you wish, you can also order repositionable adhesive labels.

You can choose between different types of paper for your self-adhesive labels on rolls–from standard paper to special papers with metallic, grass or recycled paper effects. Our standard range also includes vinyl films in polyethylene (PE film) or polypropylene (PP film), with white or transparent backing, as well as papers specially designed for wine labeling.

Our materials

At labelletiquette.fr, we offer you a wide choice of materials for your label printing. It’s important to us to meet our customers’ needs. That’s why we stock structured papers, films and various durable materials. If you’d like to have your labels produced on a very specific substrate that you can’t find in our calculator or in our overview of materials, please contact us. If you wish, we can order specific substrates for you.

Finishes

As self-adhesive labels are our specialty, we’re happy to add a luxurious finishing touch to your wine labels. Simply choose from our various finishing options. Whether it’s hot foil stamping, digital sport varnish or relief embossing, which is the combination of hot foil stamping and blind embossing. At labelletiquette.fr, you can make your labels both unique and elegant.

Mechanical application

If you want to apply your self-adhesive labels on rolls using a labeling machine, it’s important to know which winding direction you should use for your machines.

To ensure that nothing stands in the way of successful labeling of your wine bottles, it’s important to choose the right winding direction. In principle, there are two primary winding directions:

• Internal winding
• External winding

The printed side is therefore either inside or outside.

It is also important to distinguish between the possible positions of the wine labels on the roll:

• top leading
• bottom leading
• left side leading
• right side leading

Custom labels

These days, customers want to be contacted as individually and personally as possible. Our personalized labels give you the opportunity to customize your labels as you wish. Whether it’s an individual name, a QR code or a barcode–with labelletiquette.fr, there are no limits to your creativity.

Protective varnish

A protective matt or gloss varnish protects your label from abrasion and is water-repellent. What’s more, it gives the label a noble appearance and is basically suitable for all materials.

Graphic design

Still and sparkling wines require high-quality packaging to give the buyer a positive first impression of the contents. In addition to the corresponding bottle design, this primarily involves a personalized label to stand out from other competitors’ wine bottles and present the consumer with its own brand image. Whether white, red, rosé or sparkling wine, whether organic or conventional, labels are indispensable, especially for winegrowers, wine stores, wineries and wine producers, not only for aesthetic reasons, but also for legal ones. Use professional, attractive labels to boost your sales and make your bottles more recognizable!

Still haven’t decided what your wine label should look like? That’s no problem either! Thanks to our graphic design service, you can have your labels designed entirely according to your wishes and requirements by our graphic designers.

Do you have any questions?

Do you still have questions about our substrates, finishes or the ordering and printing process? Please do not hesitate to contact us. You can reach us Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm, by telephone on +33(0)4 81 68 19 73 or by e-mail at info@labelletiquette.fr. We’ll be happy to answer all your questions and advise you on your new wine labels.

As label specialists, we know what’s important for wine labels, and we can implement your ideas and meet your wine label requirements. We believe that, as a winemaker, you should devote your time to the vines and grapes from which you make your precious vintages. And we’ll provide you with the wine labels you need, so you can concentrate on your core business.