Labels and manufacture thereof

A self-adhesive label in the form of a tag for attachment to a neck of a bottle, the label being carried on a backing of release material, the label comprising a printed sheet which is folded so as to form a body portion and tag portion adjacent and attached thereto, the printed sheet having a longitudinal direction from the tag portion to the body portion and being folded about at least one longitudinal fold line so as to form a multiple-ply strip and the multiple-ply strip being folded about at least one transverse fold line to form the body and tag portions, an aperture which extends through the tag portion, a weakened tear line which extends through the sheet between the body and tag portions so as to divide the body and tag portions, and a layer of adhesive disposed on a rearwardly directed surface of the body portion which releasably adheres the label to the backing of release material and by which the body portion may be adhered to a bottle.