So, following my last entry on Pouilly-Fuissé, which up until a year ago I did not know how to pronounce (you can hear it pronounced here), I thought I’d post some pronunciations on wine. This post will stick with a couple basic French wine pronunciations. I don’t speak French (though I wouldn’t mind learning) so these pronunciations may not be 100% accurate but should serve as a quick guide.
When putting together a list, I came across a fellow blogger's wine pronunciation post that included some quick rules on French pronounciation as well as being quite catchy.
Bordeaux = bor-DOH
Chateau, chateaux = sha-TOH
Chardonnay = shar-doh-NAY
Chenin Blanc - SHEN-an BLAN
Pomerol = paw-mer-AWL
Pinot Noir = PEE-no NWAHR
Petit Verdot = Peh-TEE Ver-DOE
Pinot Gris = PEE-noh GREE
Graves = grahv
Côtes-du-Rhône = Coat doo RONE
Pauillac = pow-YAK
Sémillon = say-mee-YAWN
Grenache = gruh-NAHSH
Sancerre = sahn-SEHR
Pouilly-Fuissé = poo-yay fwee-SAY
Pouilly-Fumé = poo-yay foo-MAY
Viognier = vee-own-YAY
Sommelier = so-mell-YAY
See, that wasn't too painful now, was it?
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