Nothing will set a wine snob on your case more quickly than a mispronounced name of a famous wine or wine region. The pronunciations of dozens of wines and wine regions appear in the table below, for easy reference.
The stressed syllable in each word is capitalized; if no syllable is capitalized, all syllables carry equal weight.
Wine Name or Term | Pronunciation |
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Alsace | al zass |
Anjou | ahn jhew |
Arneis | ahr NASE |
Au Bon Climat | oh bone klee maht |
Auslese | OUSE lay seh |
Auxerrois | aus ser whah |
Auxey-Duresses | awk say deh ress |
Barbera | bar BEAR ah |
Barolo | bah RO lo |
Beaujolais | boh jhoe lay |
Beaulieu (Vineyards) | bo l’yuh |
Bougros | boo groh |
Bourgogne | boor guh nyuh |
Bourgueil | bor guh’y |
Brouilly | broo yee |
Brut | broot |
Cabernet Sauvignon | cab er nay saw vee nyon |
Canaiolo | cahn eye OH loh |
Carmignano | car mee NYAH no |
Chablis | shah blee |
Chardonnay | shar doh nay |
Chassagne-Montrachet | shah san yuh mon rah shay |
(Château de) Fieuzal | fee oo zahl |
(Château) Grillet | gree yay |
(Château) Haut-Brion | oh bree ohn |
(Château) Lafite-Rothschild | lah feet roth sheeld |
(Château) Mouton-Rothschild | moo tohn roth sheeld |
(Château) Petrus | peh troos |
(Château) Trotanoy | trot ahn wah |
Châteauneuf-du-Pape | shah toe nuf dew pahp |
Chénas | shay nahs |
Chenin Blanc | shen in blahnk |
Chianti | key AHN tee |
Chinon | she nohn |
Colheita | col YAI tah |
Condrieu | cohn dree uh |
Côte de Beaune | coat deh bone |
Côte Chalonnaise | coat shal oh naze |
Côte d’Or | coat dor |
Côte de Nuits | coat deh nwee |
Côte Rôtie | coat roe tee |
Côtes du Ventoux | coat due vahn too |
Cuvée | coo vay |
Dolcetto | dohl CHET oh |
(Domaine) Leroy | lay wah |
Eisele (Vineyard) | EYE seh lee |
Fleurie | fluh ree |
Friuli-Venezia Giulia | free OO lee veh NETZ ee ah JOO lee ah |
Galicia | gah LEETH ee ah |
Garrafeira | gar ah FAIR ah |
Gavi | GAH vee |
Genevrières | jen ev ree aire |
Gewürztraminer | geh VAIRTZ trah mee ner |
Gigondas | jhee gohn dahs |
Givry | jee vree |
Graves | grahv |
Grenouilles | greh n’wee |
Grüner Veltliner | GREW ner VELT lee ner |
Haut-Brion | oh bree ohn |
Haut-Médoc | oh may doc |
Hermitage | er mee tahj |
Les Clos | lay cloh |
Les Forêts | lay for ay |
Les Preuses | lay preuhz |
Liebfraumilch | LEEB frow milsh |
Listrac | lee strahk |
Loire | lwahr |
Mâcon-Villages | mac cawn vee lahj |
Margaux | mahr go |
Médoc | meh doc |
Menetou-Salon | meh neh too sah lohn |
Mercurey | mer cure ay |
Merlot | mer loh |
Meursault | muhr so |
Moët | moh ett |
Mont de Milieu | mon deh meh lyew |
Montagny | mon tah nyee |
Montepulciano d’Abruzzo | mon tae pul chee AH noh dah BRUTE so |
Monthélie | mohn teh lee |
Montlouis | mon loo wee |
Montrachet | mon rah shay |
Moschofilero | mos cho FEEL eh roe |
Mosel-Saar-Ruwer | MOH zel-zar-ROO ver |
Moulis | moo lees |
Müller-Thurgau | MOO lair TOOR gow |
Muscadet | moos cah day |
Nahe | NAH heh |
Nantais | nahn tay |
Neuchatel | NOI sha tel |
Niederosterreich | nee der OZ ter ryke |
Orvieto | or vee AE toh |
Pauillac | poy yac |
Penedés | pen eh DAIS |
Perrier-Jouët | per ree yay joo ett |
Pfalz | fallz |
Pinot Bianco | pee noh bee AHN coh |
Pinot Blanc | pee noh blahnk |
Pinot Grigio | pee noh GREE joe |
Pinot Gris | pee noh gree |
Pinot Noir | pee noh nwahr |
Pinotage | pee noh TAHJ |
Pouilly-Fuissé | pwee fwee say |
Pouilly-Fumé | pwee foo may |
Priorato | pree oh RAH to |
Qualitätswein | KAL ee tates vine |
Quincy | can see |
Quinta | KEEN ta |
Regnie | ray nyay |
Reuilly | reuh yee |
Rheinhessen | RYNE hess ehn |
Ribera del Duero | ree BEAR ah del doo AIR oh |
Ribolla Gialla | ree BOHL lah JAHL lah |
Riesling | REESE ling |
Rioja | ree OH hah |
Rueda | roo AE dah |
Rully | rouh yee |
Saint-Amour | sant ah more |
Saint-Aubin | sant oh ban |
Saint-Romain | san ro man |
Saint-Véran | san veh rahn |
Sancerre | sahn sair |
Sangiovese | san joe VAE sae |
Saumur | soh muhr |
Sauvignon Blanc | saw vee nyon blahnk |
Savennieres | sah ven nyair |
Scheurebe | SHOY reb beh |
Semillon | SEM eh lon (Australian) |
Sémillon | seh mee yohn (French) |
Spätlese | SHPATE lay seh |
spumante | spoo MAHN tay |
St-Estèphe | sant eh steff |
St-Julien | sant jhoo lee ehn |
Steiermark | STY er mark |
Tempranillo | tem prah NEE yoh |
Tinto | TEEN toe |
Tre Venezie | trae veh NETZ ee ae |
Vacqueyras | vah keh rahs |
Vaillons | vye yon |
Valmur | vahl moor |
Valpolicella | val po lee CHEL lah |
Vaudésir | voh deh zeer |
Vendange Tardive | vahn dahnj tahr deev |
Veneto | VEN eh toh |
Verdejo | ver DAY ho |
Verdicchio | ver DEE key oh |
Vernaccia di San Gimignano | ver NOTCH cha dee san jee mee NYAH noh |
Vinho | VEEN yo |
Vinho Verde | VEEN yo VAIRD |
(Vino) Nobile di Montepulciano | NO be lay dee mon tay pul chee AH no |
Viognier | vee oh nyay |
Vosne-Romanée | vone roh mah nay |
Vouvray | voo vray |
Wachau | va COW |
Weissburgunder | VICE boor gun der |
Wien | vee EN |
Xinomavro | ksee NO mav roe |