Quick Guide to Wine Pronunciation

Correctly pronouncing wine names is one way to keep from irritating a wine snob. In these wine pronunciations the capitalized letters are stressed, and if not, all syllables carry equal weight.











































































































































Auslese(OUSE lay she)
Beaujolais(boh jhoe lay)
Bourgogne(bor guh nyeh)
Brut(brute)
Cabernet Sauvignon(cab er nay saw vee nyon)
Chablis(shah blee)
Chardonnay(shar dohn nay)
Châteauneuf-du-Pape(shah toe nuf-doo-pahp)
Côte Rotie(coat roe tee)
Gewürztraminer(geh VAIRTZ trah mee ner)
Haut-Brion(oh bree ohn)
Hermitage(er mee tahj)
Loire(Lwahr)
Mâcon(mah cawn)
Merlot(mer loh)
Meursault(muhr so)
Moët(moh ett)
Montepulciano(mon tay pul CHA noh)
d’Abruzzo(dah BREWTZ zoh)
Montrachet(mon rah shay)
Mosel-Saar-Ruwer(MOH zel-zar-ROO ver)
Muscadet(moos cah day)
Pauillac(poy yac)
Perrier-Jouët(per ree yay-joo ett)
Pinot Grigio(pee noh GREE joe)
Pinot Noir(pee noh nwahr)
Pouilly-Fuissé(pwee fwee say)
Riesling(REESE ling)
Rioja(ree OH hah)
Sancerre(sahn sehr)
Spätlese(SHPATE lay she)
Viognier(vee oh nyay)
Vosne Romanée(vone roh mah nay)
Willamette Valley(wil LAM ette)



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