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According to the EU wine labelling law (see there in detail), any health reference on the label and in advertising classified statements is prohibited for beverages above 1.2% vol. This also includes the term "digestible" and similar statements.

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Favourite wines of 70 famous people from Beethoven to Luther, Mozart and Napoleon to Tut-Ench-Amun

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Quotes Quotes and references - Wine-related quotes from 75 famous people, from Aristoteles and Goethe, and from Napoleon to Zuckmayer

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Area dimensions Around 25 units of measurement from acres to hectares, joch, morgen, stremma and Viertel

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Literature Literatur - more than 200 wine writers from Alcaeus to August W. Babo, Hieronymus Bock, Columella, Hugh Johnson and Jancis Robinson to Michael Broadbent, José F. Vouillamoz and Fritz Zweigelt

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Winegrowing personalities From ampelographers via flying winemakers and wine critics to winemakers

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Label From producer, alcohol content, grape variety and vintage to residual sugar

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Gouais Blanc The „Casanova of grape varieties“ with more than 100 direct descendants

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Wine with food Which wine to pair with which food, from oysters to lobster and mushrooms to venison

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Speciality wines Special wines - more than 200 Specials from alcopops to bikini wine, jail wine and garage wine to kosher wine, holiday wine and Twelve Apostles wine

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New breeding Newly bred grape varieties - more than 1000 crossings from Abaca to Albalonga, Bacchus, Cabernet Dorsa, Donauriesling and Müller-Thurgau to Rathay, Regent and Zweigelt

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Wine production volumes Production volumes of wine - production volumes (hectolitres) and vineyard areas (hectares) in all approximately 100 wine-producing countries

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Wine Critic More than 70 tasters and wine critics from Eric Asimov to Marcus Hofschuster and Robert Parker to Franco Ziliani

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