Drinksbase — Blog https://drinksbase.net/blog Wine labelling, compliance and catalog guides from Drinksbase. en Your price list is a spreadsheet, and that is costing you listings https://drinksbase.net/blog/wine-price-list-importers https://drinksbase.net/blog/wine-price-list-importers Wed, 19 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT Marketing for producers How wine price lists actually get used on the importer's side, why every buyer asks for a different format, and what to fix so your list can be loaded instead of retyped. How to calculate the energy value of a wine (without a lab) https://drinksbase.net/blog/wine-nutrition-declaration-energy-value https://drinksbase.net/blog/wine-nutrition-declaration-energy-value Tue, 28 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Compliance & regulation The nutrition declaration on EU wine can be calculated instead of analysed. Here is the formula, a worked example, the rounding rules and what the finished table looks like. The wine technical sheet an importer can actually use https://drinksbase.net/blog/wine-technical-sheet-importers https://drinksbase.net/blog/wine-technical-sheet-importers Fri, 17 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Guides & how-to What belongs on a wine tech sheet, what importers quietly need for customs and listings, and why the version in your inbox is out of date the day after you send it. The wine ingredients list: what to declare, in what order, and what you can leave out https://drinksbase.net/blog/wine-ingredient-list-eu https://drinksbase.net/blog/wine-ingredient-list-eu Tue, 30 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT Compliance & regulation EU wine must now carry an ingredients list. Here is what counts as an ingredient, how to order and name them, which processing aids stay off the list, and how the allergen split works. QR codes on wine labels: size, placement and the mistakes that cost a print run https://drinksbase.net/blog/qr-code-wine-label-guide https://drinksbase.net/blog/qr-code-wine-label-guide Tue, 09 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT Guides & how-to A practical guide to putting a QR code on a wine label — what URL to encode, how small it can go, where it survives the bottle curve, and why free dynamic QR services are a compliance risk. EU wine label rules: what goes on the bottle, what goes behind the QR https://drinksbase.net/blog/eu-wine-label-requirements https://drinksbase.net/blog/eu-wine-label-requirements Tue, 12 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT Compliance & regulation Since December 2023 EU wine must declare ingredients and nutrition. Here is exactly what has to stay printed on the label, what can move to an e-label, and what can never be moved.