Reserva / Riserva what’s in a name? Do you ever wonder about some of the extra titles on the labels of wine bottles? Are they just some kind of marketing gimmick or do they have real meaning? Grand Cru, Premier Cru, 1st Growth, Gran Reserva, Superior, Classico… and on… here I’m just going to look at two of them for now: Reserva and Riserva. It’s important to check the country the wine is from as these terms have different meanings in different countries (as well as different spellings) and in European Union countries that meaning is defined by law whereas in other countries it can mean anything the winemaker wants…