2000 Halstead Vineyards, Napa Valley

[Thomas]

Yep--I thought so. "Vinted and bottled by" is a catch-all nothing phrase that really means anyone with a license to sell wine at wholesale can do so, no matter who made the wine, or from where it came. So, Halstead could be a separate license held by a person, a group, a winery, a labrador retriever...Morgan Hill is the licensee's address, or wherever the licensee claims to do business.

The wine is produced somewhere, but no regulation states that the winery's name is required on the label. And as I said many times before, the wine could be the same wine bottled under other labels, and at different prices.



[This message has been edited by foodie (edited 10-04-2003).]