{"id":11635,"date":"2015-07-29T15:15:56","date_gmt":"2015-07-29T20:15:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/?p=11635"},"modified":"2015-07-29T15:15:56","modified_gmt":"2015-07-29T20:15:56","slug":"whats-in-a-wine-name-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/2015\/07\/29\/whats-in-a-wine-name-2\/","title":{"rendered":"What&#8217;s in a Wine Name?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_11637\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMGP8044.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11637\" class=\"wp-image-11637 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMGP8044-e1438200079825-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"St. Michael's Winery Home of the Go\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-11637\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">St. Michaels Winery<br \/> Home of the Gollywobbler<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Paul Vigna from Pennsylvania wrote a great post for <a href=\"www.pennlive.com\">pennlive.com\u00a0<\/a> recently, <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.pennlive.com\/wine\/2015\/07\/whats_in_a_name_the_stories_behind_gollywobbler_braveheart_and_others.html#incart_river\"><i>What\u2019s in a name? The Story behind Gollywobbler Braveheart and others<\/i><\/a>. In addition, he wrote about questions and answers with Michael Kaiser of WineAmerica about wine names.<\/p>\n<p>In his blog Vigna looks at wineries from eight wineries in Pennsylvania and Maryland and the unusual names they have chosen for wines. For instance at St. Michaels Winery in Maryland a wine is named Gollywobbler while at Orchid Cellar Meadery also in Maryland they produce a mead with the name Lumberjack. Read Vigna\u2019s article to discover why some wines have unusual names such as Russian Kiss, Tears of Gettysburg, Zafferano, Braveheart and Detante.<\/p>\n<p>In his Q&amp;A with Michael Kaiser from WineAmerica\u00a0 Vigna posed questions about TTB requirements for wine labels. In his post,<i> <\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.pennlive.com\/wine\/2015\/07\/on_fanciful_wine_names_and_why_the_ttb_rejects_some.html\"><i>On fanciful wine names and why the TTB rejects some<\/i><\/a>\u00a0he asked some general questions about wine names but also asked about the criteria used to approve or reject a name or label. Kaiser responded with some of the things that the TTB looks for on a wine label including alcohol content, brand name and class\/type of wine. Most interesting is the list of reasons why a name might be rejected which includes \u201cAnything implying health benefits\u201d and \u201cAnything with a government stamp or seal.\u201d Read his blog to discover more reasons why a wine name might be rejected.<\/p>\n<p>If you enjoy wine, you are likely to enjoy Paul Vigna\u2019s blogs about wine names.<\/p>\n<p>Cheers,<br \/>\nKathy<\/p>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\" class=\"owbutton\" src=\"http:\/\/www.onlywire.com\/button\" title=\"What's in a Wine Name?\" url=\"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/?p=11635\"><\/script>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recently Paul Vigna from Pennsylvania wrote a great post for pennlive.com, &#8220;What\u2019s in a name? 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