BONNY DOON TO LABEL WINE INGREDIENTS

As WSD reported in the beginning of December, Bonny Doon will voluntarily label all wine ingredients on the back of the bottle beginning with the 2007 vintage white and 2006 vintage red wines. One section of the label will highlight the wine’s basic ingredients, such as grapes and sulfur dioxide, a preservative, found in the wine. The second section will point out ingredients used in the production of the wine such as bentonite that essentially no longer remain in the wine.

The first Bonny Doon Vineyard wines featuring the new ingredient labeling are the Demeter certified Biodynamic 2007 Ca’ del Solo Albariño and 2007 Ca’ del Solo Muscat, slated for a February 2008 release.

Bonny Doon’s new labeling system is controversial in the wine world as vintners face two new proposals from the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau. The TTB is now considering requiring all alcoholic beverages to list allergens on their labels, including egg whites and milk proteins, and serving facts information, such as carbohydrates and calories.