Don’t let the pronunciation of a French wine get your tongue in a knot. Pronouncing the names of French wines just takes a little practicing, which you can do with the following table. Remember: Unlike English words, there are no stressed syllables in French words.
| Aligoté (ah lee go tay) | grand cru classé (grahn crew clahs say) |
| Bâtard-Montrachet (bah tar mon rah shay) | grand vin (grahn van) |
| Blanc de Blancs (blahn deh blahn) | Graves (grahv) |
| Chablis (shah blee) | Haut-Brion (oh bree ohn) |
| Chambolle-Musigny (shom bowl moo sih nyee) | Haut-Médoc (oh meh dock) |
| Chassagne-Montrachet (shah sahn n’yah mohn rah shay) | Languedoc-Roussillon (lahn guh doc roo see yohn) |
| Château d’Yquem (sha toh dee kem) | Loire (l’wahr) |
| Château Lynch-Bages (sha toh lansh bahj) | Mâcon-Villages (mah con vil lahj) |
| Château Trotanoy (sha toh troh tahn wah) | millisime (mill eh seem) |
| Corton-Charlemagne (cor tohn shar leh mahn) | Moët (moh eT) |
| Côte de Nuits (coat deh n’wee) | Pauillac (poy yac) |
| Côte Rotie (coat ro tee) | Perrier-Jouët (pehr ree yay jhoo et) |
| Cramant (crah mahn) | Sémillon (seh mee yohn) |
| crémant (cray mahn) | St.-Emilion (sant eh mee l’yon) |
| Crozes-Hermitage (crows er mee tahj) | vieilles vignes (vee ay veen) |
| Cru Bourgeois (crew boor j’wah) | vin de pays (van deh pay ee) |
| Domaine Leroy (doh main leh rwah) | Viognier (vee oh n’yay) |
| Gevrey-Chambertin (jehv ray sham ber tan) | Vosne-Romanée (vone roh mah nay) |
| Gosset (go say) |
