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Label Overexposure
By Robert Farmer
On the other side of the label – the wine label
argument, that is – is California’s trend-setting winery, Bonny
Doon Vineyards, in Santa Cruz. Long known for its avant-garde approach to the
wine biz, and for its rather whimsical takes on wine label, Bonny Doon
announced recently that it would begin offering wine labels that list all the
ingredients in its wines, as well as what ingredients were used to create those
ingredients. Though it might be a case of TMI (too much information), and
perhaps even a case of Who Asked For It, the winery hopes it will be a
precedent-setting example of transparency that will help the consumer make
better choices’certainly more “informed” choices, at the very
least.
This is interesting to me, especially in light of the recently proposed Oregon legislation (see above) that hopes to mandate such transparency. But what this means, and what consumers will begin seeing on the labels of Bonny Doon’s, Demeter certified Biodynamic 2007 Ca’ del Solo Albarino and the 2007 Ca’ del Solo Muscat, is an esoteric catalog of such things as tartaric acid, yeast nutrients, bentonite, enzymes and sulfur dioxide. Many of these ingredients are benign and indeed no longer remain in the completely fermented and bottled wine. But, trailblazer though they are, Bonny Doon wants to expose it all. I’ve always like the Bonny Doon labels – typically fun, eclectic, and colorful. But I’m not sure I like this idea and I’m not sure it makes a difference.
Label me undecided.
On the other side of the label – the wine label
argument, that is – is California’s trend-setting winery, Bonny
Doon Vineyards, in Santa Cruz. Long known for its avant-garde approach to the
wine biz, and for its rather whimsical takes on wine label, Bonny Doon
announced recently that it would begin offering wine labels that list all the
ingredients in its wines, as well as what ingredients were used to create those
ingredients. Though it might be a case of TMI (too much information), and
perhaps even a case of Who Asked For It, the winery hopes it will be a
precedent-setting example of transparency that will help the consumer make
better choices’certainly more “informed” choices, at the very
least. This is interesting to me, especially in light of the recently proposed Oregon legislation (see above) that hopes to mandate such transparency. But what this means, and what consumers will begin seeing on the labels of Bonny Doon’s, Demeter certified Biodynamic 2007 Ca’ del Solo Albarino and the 2007 Ca’ del Solo Muscat, is an esoteric catalog of such things as tartaric acid, yeast nutrients, bentonite, enzymes and sulfur dioxide. Many of these ingredients are benign and indeed no longer remain in the completely fermented and bottled wine. But, trailblazer though they are, Bonny Doon wants to expose it all. I’ve always like the Bonny Doon labels – typically fun, eclectic, and colorful. But I’m not sure I like this idea and I’m not sure it makes a difference.
Label me undecided.
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