If You’re Not Content With the Alcohol Content--
--blame the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (or TTB).
They require the percentage of alcohol by volume listed on the label for wines containing 14 percent or more alcohol. When it’s below 14 percent, it's up to the wine producer if they want to list it. If they don’t list it, the label needs to read "white table wine" or "red table wine." Since the TTB defines wine as having at least 7 percent alcohol, when you don't see an alcohol percentage listed, you can assume that it falls between 7 and 14 percent.
Port, Sherry, Madeira, and Marsala, to name the most common types of fortified wines, usually have alcohol content between 16 and 21 percent.
They require the percentage of alcohol by volume listed on the label for wines containing 14 percent or more alcohol. When it’s below 14 percent, it's up to the wine producer if they want to list it. If they don’t list it, the label needs to read "white table wine" or "red table wine." Since the TTB defines wine as having at least 7 percent alcohol, when you don't see an alcohol percentage listed, you can assume that it falls between 7 and 14 percent.
Port, Sherry, Madeira, and Marsala, to name the most common types of fortified wines, usually have alcohol content between 16 and 21 percent.
posted by My Wine News | 6:37 AM
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