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Trader Joe's Wine: Was It Juice?
9 Nov
Summary
- A TikToker questioned a Trader Joe's wine's alcohol content.
- She felt no effect after drinking two glasses of the wine.
- Federal rules allow some flexibility in wine alcohol labeling.
A woman on TikTok recently shared her surprise after consuming two glasses of a Trader Joe's wine labeled "low ABV, made to sip and savor." She reported feeling no effects from the beverage and humorously questioned if she had been drinking juice.
Her reaction brought attention to the variability of alcohol by volume (ABV) in wines. Standard table wines typically average around 12% ABV, but can range from 5% to 16%. Federal regulations permit descriptive labels for wines between 7% and 14% ABV, and allow a 1.5 percentage point variance for wines at or below 14% ABV. This means a label stating 12% could represent wine with an actual alcohol content between 10.5% and 13.5%.
The specific wine's alcohol content has not been disclosed, and further details were pending a response from the TikTok user.
