Wine label compliance checking compares each label and its export documents with the rules of the market it is going to, and lists every missing or inconsistent item with the rule it breaks. The compliance lead resolves and approves.
Since 8 December 2023, wine produced for sale in the EU must declare its ingredients and a nutrition declaration, under the amendments made by Regulation (EU) 2021/2117. The energy value and allergens must be on the physical label; the rest may be provided through an e-label reached by QR code. That sits alongside the existing wine labelling rules in Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/33 and, for spirits, Regulation (EU) 2019/787.
Exports add more. The US requires a Certificate of Label Approval from the TTB under 27 CFR Part 4 for wine and Part 5 for spirits, with its own rules on alcohol statements, sulphite declarations and the importer's details. Other markets have their own language, health-warning and back-label requirements. A producer exporting to several markets keeps several versions of every label, and each version has to stay consistent with the technical sheet, the lab analysis and the shipping documents.
label files, technical sheet, lab analysis
text and symbols extracted from the artwork
encoded per destination, versioned
each with the rule and the evidence
resolves, approves, files
held for specialist or counsel
Wine labels in the EU must carry the mandatory particulars set by Regulation 1308/2013 and Delegated Regulation 2019/33, such as category, origin, alcohol content, allergens and the bottler. Since 8 December 2023 they must also give an ingredients list and nutrition declaration; the energy value must appear on the label, while the rest may be provided by an e-label. Spirits follow Regulation 2019/787.
Typically a commercial invoice, packing list, certificate of origin and, for many markets, an analysis certificate. Movements under duty suspension inside the EU use the electronic administrative document in EMCS. Destination markets add their own, such as US importer and FDA requirements. The exact set depends on the market and the shipper, so we encode it per destination with the client.
No. Software can check a label against encoded rules and list what is missing or inconsistent, which catches most routine errors before a printer run or a submission. The approval is the producer's, and in the US the TTB issues the Certificate of Label Approval. Where a rule is ambiguous, the finding is held for a specialist.
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