need advice on talking about wines

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An example with a German wine:
Riesling, Sylvaner, Muller-Thurgau and others are names of grapes (these are white wine grapes).
The town name usually appears with an "er" at the end so a wine from Wehlen would be listed as a Wehlener.
The name of the specific vineyard or sometimes vineyard grouping (they have to complicate things) follows the town name. Wehlener Sonnenuhr refers to a famous vineyard with a sun dial (sonnenuhr means sun clock). The year is the vintage. The producer is sometimes listed after wording that translates as "estate bottling" and proper name. The region may appear in banner form above the rest of the label or be on the label itself and in this case would be Mosel-Saar-Ruwer. Other German regions include Nahe, Rheingau, Rheinhessen, Franken, Rheinland Palatinate or Rhein Pfalz.
The words Spatlese, Auslese, Beerenauslese, Trockenbeerenauslese, or Eiswein refer to wines made from specially selected, riper grapes which may result in a dessert wine. (Although a spatlese wine can sometimes be made in a dry style.) It does get confusing but a good introductory book to wines of the world will help clarify the labels.