Btl Conditions Legend

Many of our wines are sourced direct from Europe and other countries, so it may take some additional time for these wines to arrive in California safely. we always take the greatest care in ensuring that our strict temperature-controlled conditions are met, and occasionally this takes up to 6 months (in summer), though 6-12 weeks is more standard. We hope you understand that this is to ensure the absolute best quality product.

Older wines often have conditional issues. BPWM is committed to providing you extremely accurate information regarding conditions so that you can make informed purchases. This page describes our coding for conditional issues.

Please note: Wines with no comments are considered “excellent/pristine”

Ullage (Fill Level)
bn    bottom neck
hs   high shoulder
htms    high to mid shoulder
ls   low shouder
ms   mid shoulder
ts   top shoulder
vts   very top shoulder
3.5cm   3.5cm below cork
3cm   3cm below cork
4.5cm   4.5cm below cork
4cm   4cm below cork
5cm   5cm below cork
6cm   6cm below cork
6cm   more than 6cm below cork
Label Conditions
bsl   bin soiled label
gsl    glue stained label
ltl   lightly torn label
ml   missing label
nl   nicked label
pml   partially missing label
sbsl   slightly bin soiled label
scl   scuffed label
sscl   slightly scuffed label
sstl   slightly stained label
stl   stained label
swasl   slightly water stained label
swisl   slightly wine stained label
tl   torn label
tsl   tissue stained label
wasl   water stained label
wisl   wine stained label
wrl   wrinkled label
Cork and Capsule Conditions
cc    corroded capsule
crc    crowned capsule
crk   cracked wax capsule
ctc   cut capsule to reveal vintage
dc   depressed cork
mc   missing capsule
pc   pushed cork
scc   slightly corroded capsule
sdc   slightly depressed cork
spc   slightly pushed cork
trc   torn capsule
wrc   wrinkled capsule
Cork and Capsule Conditions
dcl    dark color
exc    excellent color
gb   gift box
lcl   light color
ocb   original cardboard case
ofs   over-fill seepage
owc   original wood case
r-c   re-conditioned at the chateau
sos   signs of past seepage
ssos   slight signs of past seepage