Matthew Clark Guides Wine Pronunciation THE GUIDE TO WINE PRONUNCIATION matthewclark.co.uk 1 Matthew Clark Guides Wine Pronunciation Grapes Word Pronunciation Description Albariño Ahl-ba-REE-n’yo Spanish White Grape Aligoté Ah-lee-go-tay Burgundian White Grape Barbera Bar-BARE-ah Italian Red Grape Cabernet Franc Cab-air-nay FrahN French Red Grape Cabernet Cab-air-nay French Red Grape Sauvignon So-veen-yawN Southern French Red Carignan Cah-reen-yaN Grape Chardonnay Shar-doe-nay Classic White Grape Chenin Blanc Shay-naN BlaN French White Grape Southern French Red Cinsault SaN-so Grape Dolcetto Dohl-CHET-toe Italian Red Grape Gamay Gam-may Red Wine Grape Guh-VERTZ-truh- Gewurztraminer White grape from Alsace mean-er Southern French Red Grenache Gray-NAHSH Grape GREW-ner Gruner Veltliner White Austrian Grape Felt-LEE-ner Malbec Mahl-bek Red Wine Grape Merlot Mare-low Red French Wine Grape Southern French Red Mourvèdre Moor-VED’rr Grape Muscadet Moos-cah-day French White Grape matthewclark.co.uk 2 Matthew Clark Guides Wine Pronunciation Sweet Wines White Muscat Moos-caht Grape Nebbiolo Nebbiolo Red Italian grape French White Grape, Pinot Blanc Pee-noe BlahN Alsace Pee-noe White Grape Pinot Grigio Gree-joe AKA.Pinot Blanc Pee-noe Red Grape used in Pinot Meunier Mehr-n’yay Champagne Blend Pinot Noir Pee-noe Nwahr Red Grape Pinotage Pee-noe-tahj Red Grape of S Africa Riesling REESE-ling German White Grape Sahn-joe Sangiovese Italian Red Grape VAY-zeh Sauvignon So-veen-yawn Classic White Grapes Blanc BlahN Sémillon Say-mee-yoN French White Grape Red Wine Grape Shiraz Shee-rahz AKA.Syrah Syrah See-rah Classic Red AKA.Shiraz Tempranillo Temp-rah-NEEL-yo Spanish Red Grape Torrontés Tohr-ROHN-tayss White Grape Trebbiano Treb-YAH-no Italian White Grape Verdicchio Vehr-DEEK-yo Italian White Grape Viognier Vee-ohn-yay White Grape Zinfandel Zin-fahn-DELL Red Grape AKA.Primitivo matthewclark.co.uk 3 Matthew Clark Guides Wine Pronunciation Regions Word Pronunciation Description NE France, Riesling, Alsace Al-zahss gewürztraminer, pinot blanc Beaumes-de- BOME da Southern Rhone, region Venise Veh-NEES making dessert wine Beaune Bone Main city in burgundy SW France, city and wine Bordeaux Bore-DOH area Bourgogne Boor-GON-yeh French for burgundy SW France, best known Cahors Cah-ORE for rich Malbec wines Côtes-du- Generic area of the Coat duh Rone Rhône Rhone valley Region south of Graves Grahv Bordeaux with gravelly soils Languedoc Lahn-geh-dawk Southern French region NE France, famous for Loire Lwahr Sancerre, Pouilly fume Mâcon Mah-coN Large region of burgundy Portuguese island in the Madeira Mah-DER-ah Atlantic off the coast matthewclark.co.uk 4 Matthew Clark Guides Wine Pronunciation Madiran Mah-dee-raN Languedoc appellation One of top regions of Margaux Mahr-goe Bordeaux Main Bordeaux area to Médoc May-dawk west of Gironde river Minervois Mee-nehr-vwah Area in Languedoc region German river valley, home Mosel Mo-ZELL of top quality Riesling wines Wine district near Penedès Pay-nay-DEHS Barcelona, Spain Piemonte Pee-eh-MAWN-tay NW Italian wine region Pomerol Paw-mehr-ahl Village in Bordeaux area. Great southern French Rhône Rone wine region Rioja Ree-yoh-ha Classic Spanish region Bordeaux region on right Saint-Emilion San’Tay-meel-yon bank of Dordogne river Loire village known for Sancerre SahN-sehr Sauvignon Blanc Veneto VAY-nah-toe Wine region NE Italy matthewclark.co.uk 5 Matthew Clark Guides Wine Pronunciation Wines Word Pronunciation Description Powerful red from Amarone Ah-ma-ROE-nay NE Italy Outstanding Nebbiolo Barolo Ba-ROE-loe based wine from Piemonte, NW Italy Fruity red from Southern Beaujolais Boe-zho-lay Burgundy Broo-NELL-oh Brunello di dee Mon-tahl- Italian red from Tuscany Montalcino CHEE-noe Cava CAH-vah Spanish sparkling wine Northern Burgundy, classic Chablis Shah-blee Chardonnay Champagne Sham-pain Sparkling wine region Excellent powerful red from Chateauneuf- Shot-toe-noof Southern Rhone French du-Pape duh Pap region Chianti Ki-AHN-tee Classic red from Tuscany Coteaux du Coat-toe duh Red wine area in south of Languedoc Lahn-geh-dawk France Fino Fee-noe Light-bodied Sherry matthewclark.co.uk 6 Matthew Clark Guides Wine Pronunciation Manzanilla Mahn-za-NEE-yah Dry style of Sherry French sweet wine, South- Monbazillac Mohn-ba-ZEE-ack West France Oloroso Oh-loe-roe-soe Dark and full-bodied sherry Town in Umbria where they Orvieto Orv-YEH-toe produce a dry white wine Region in southern Poo-yee Pouilly-Fuissé burgundy, making white Fwee-SAY burgundy Poo-yee Loire white made from Pouilly-Fumé Foo-MAY Sauvignon Blanc Ribera del Ree-BEHR-ah dell Spanish region producing Duero Doo-AY-roe Tempranillo-based wines Main Spanish region Rioja Ree-OH-hah producing powerful reds French dessert wine from Sauternes So-TAIRN sauternes region SW of Bordeaux Great Hungarian sweet Tokaji Tok-aiy wine Classic French white, made Vouvray Voov-ray from Chenin Blanc matthewclark.co.uk 7 Matthew Clark Guides Wine Pronunciation Word Pronunciation Description Mould/rot. Botrytis Cineria Botrytis Boe-TRY-tis = Noble Rot Very dry, specifically Brut Broot referring to Champagne Clos CLOW Term for walled vineyard Cosecha Coh-SAY-cha Spanish for vintage Crianza Cree-AHN-zah Spanish term for oak aged Literally means vat, but Cuvée Coo-vay means blend of grapes Least sweet quality level for Kabinett Kah-bee-NET German wines Process where grapes are Passito Pah-SEE-toe dried on straw mats Plant louse that can Phylloxera fil-LOX-er-rah devastate vineyards Spanish term for wines Reserva Ray-zair-vah aged before sale Sommelier Soh-mell-yay Wine Waiter in a restaurant Spumante Spoo-MAHN-tay Italian for sparkling The character which soil Terroir Tehr-wahr and geography give a wine Vendange VawN-dawN-ge French for harvest matthewclark.co.uk 8 Matthew Clark Guides Wine Pronunciation matthewclark.co.uk 9 .