Trying to decode what the label on your wine says? Here's our guide to better understand what you're drinking.

So many wine labels are so straightforward. Many wines made with Chardonnay grapes simply say Chardonnay on the bottle. That’s certainly the case with most California Chardonnays or Cabernet ...

Lazy Bones Cabernet Franc 2017, Paso Robles, Calif. $7 at Trader Joe's. The white-on-black label depicting a nude woman reclining on a sofa with a riot of pillows and checkered throws, lazily ...

The wine's label is spare—almost coy. An elegant black blotch of a figure floats on a field of ivory. The wine's name, "Welly," is tucked down in a corner.

Riesling The wine is made entirely of this white grape. 7. Indice This is a proprietary code used by Zind Humbrecht to indicate the wine’s level of sweetness, with Indice 1 the driest and Indice ...

Maybe you picture yourself Olivia Pope-style in an all-white outfit, on an all-white couch with a giant glass of red—and the wine and its label can help take you there,” Lidgett says.

White wine normally gets the nod for seafood. The wines from a new company owned by Gayle Benson might pair best with victory, especially those from the Saints and Pelicans .

Judging any wine by its label is no easy task, and this is doubly true when it's written in a foreign language.What's more, German wine labels have a particularly bad reputation. Some of the terms ...

If those labels knock you off balance, that’s the point. American Dan Philips and Australian Chris Ringland are trying to shake up their customers with such out-there wine labels. It would be a ...