Wine Place - Pronouncing

Pronouncing some wine names or terms can often prove to be a difficult task for most of the non-native wine lovers. I know of people who gets turned off by some wines simply because they are unable to read the names on the label! No fear, help is on the way! While the pronunciation guide does not tell you what that funny looking word means, it does tell you at least how to pronounce it. The guide includes wine names, popular wine companies and regions.

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Aglianico	ah lee AH nee koh
Airén	I REHN
Albariño	ahl bah REE nyoh
Aleatico	ah lay AH tee koh
Alella	ah LAY lyah
Alicante-Bouschet	al ee KONT boo SHAY
Aligoté	ah lee go tay
Aloxe-Corton	a loss kawr ton
Alsace	al zass
Altesino	al THE see noh
Alto-Adige	AHL toh Ah dee jhay
Alvarinho	ahl vah reen yoh
Anbaugebiet	ahn bow geh beet
Angélus	lon jay loos
Anjou	ahn jew
Appellation Contrôlée	AH pehl lah see on kon Troh layl
Araujo Estate	ah Rau ho
Arneis	ahr NASE
Asti Spumante	Ass tea Spu mahn tea
Au Bon Climat	oh bahnklee maht
Auslese	OUSE lay she
Auxerrois	aus ser whah
Auxey-Duresses	oh say doo ress
Avelsbach	ahr vel sarkh
Avignonesi	ahr veen yon nay see
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Badacsony	bah dah chaw nyih
Barbaresco	bar bah RES co
Barbera	bar bear ah
Bardolino	bar doe LEE noh
Barolo	bah RO lo
Bastardo	bas tahr doh
Batard-Montrachet	bah tar mon rah shay
Beaujolais	boh jhoe lay
Beaulieu Vineyard	bo l’yuh
Beaumes de Venise	bohm duh vuh neez
Bereich	beh ri kh
Beychevelle	baysch vel
Bianco di Custoza	bee AHN coh dee cus TOEZ ah
Blaaauwklippen	blow klip pen
Blauer Portugieser	blow urh por too gay suhr
Bonnezaux	bonn zoh
Bourgogne	borr guh nyuh
Bourgueil	bor goye
Brouilly	broo yee
Brunello di Montalcino	brew NEL lo dee mon tahl CHEE
Bucelas	boo sel las
Burgenland	BURR ghen land
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Cairanne	keh ran
Carbonnieux	car bun nyew
Carmenet	car meh nay
Carmignano	car mee NYAH no
Cencibel	sen thee bel
Chablis	shah blee
Chardonnay	SHAR doh nay
Chassagne-Montrachet	shah san yuh mon rah shay
Château	shah toe
Châteauneuf du Pape	shah toe nuff doo pahp
Chénas	shay nahs
Chenin Blanc	shen in blahnk
Chevalier-Montrachet	sheh vah lyay mon rah shay
Chianti	key AHN tee
Chianti Rufina	key AHN tee ROO fee nah
Chinon	she nohn
Chiroubles	sheh roob leh
Chorey-lès-Beaune	shaw ray lay bohn
Chusclan	shoos-klon
Clos de Vougeot	clo duh voo joh
Clos du Val	clo dew val
Clos Floridene	clo flor ee den
Clusel-Roch	kloo se rosh
Colheita	col YAIT ah
Colli Orientali	COH lee or ee en TAH lee
Collio	COH lee oh
Condrieu	cohn dree uh
Confrèries	kon fray ree
Corton-Charlemagne	cor tawn shahr luh mahn
Consorzio	kon sohr zee yoh
Costers del Segre	COHS ters del SAY gray
Costières de Nimes	kos tee yehr del say greh
Côte d’Or	coat dor
Côte de beaune	coat deh bone
Côte de Nuits	coat deh nwee
Côte Rôtie	coat roe tee
Coteaux d’Aix-en-Provence	koh toh dayks on prov vons
Coteaux d’Ancenis	koh toh don suh nee
Coteaux d’Ardéche	koh toh don suh nee
Coteaux de L’Aubance	koh toh duh loh bons
Coteaux du Languedoc	koh toh doo long dok
Couhins-Lurton	coo ann ler tohn
Cuvée	koo vay
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Didier Dagueneau	dee dee yay dag guhn noh
Dealul Mare	day al ool mah ray
Deutscher Tafelwein	doyl shur tah fuhl vihn
Dolcetto	dohl CHET oh
Domaine de Chevalier	doh main deh sheh vah lyay
Domaine Disznókó	diss noh koh
Domaine leroy	doh men leer rwah
Dumien-Serette	doo mee yen she ret
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Echézeaux	lay shuh zoh
Eisele	EYE she lee
Enoteca	ee noh the kah
Entre-Deux-Mers	oh truh doh mair
Erbach	ayr-bahkh
Erbaluce di Caluso	her bah loo chay dee kah loo soh
Erzeugerabfüllung	ayr tsoy guhr ab foo loong
Estancia	eh STAHN see ah
Etude	ae tood
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Faugères	foh zhehr
Fernão Pires	fehr now pee rehsh
de Fieuzal	fee oo zahl
Flagey Echézeaux	flah jay ay shuh zoh
Fleurie	fluh ree
Fourcas-Dupré	faw kass doo pray
Fourchaume	for chahm
Franschhoek	fran shook
Freixenet	fresh net
Freycinet	fres sih net
Fürmint	foor mint
Fûts de Chêne	foo duh shayne
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Galicia	gah LEETH ee ah
Garrafeira	gar ah FAIR ah
Gattinara	gah tee NAH rah
Gavi	GAH vee
Geisenheim	gi zen hime
Genevrières	jeh nev ree aire
Gentaz-Dervieux	jon tahz dehr vee yur
Gewürztraminer	gah VERTZ trah mee ner
Gigondas	jhee gohn dahs
Givry	jee vree
Givy	gee vree
Grauerburgunder	grow urh buhr goon duhr
Graves	grahv
Grenouilles	greh n’wee
Grgich	GHER gitch
Grignolino	green yoh lee noh
Château Grillet	gree yay
Grüner Veltliner	GREW ner VELT lee ner
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Halbtrocken	HAHLB tro ken
Hárslevelü	harsh leh veh loo
Haut-Brion	oh bree oan
Haut-Médoc	oh may doc
Henschke	hench kee
Hermitage	er mee tahj
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Jesuitengarten	zhes yoo wi ten gahr ten
Julian Chivite	HOO lee ahn chi VEE tay
Juliénas	jool yay nahs
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Kabinett	KAB ee net
Kallstadt	kahl shtaht
Kiedrich	kee drikh
Klusserath	kloo she raht
Kreuznach	kroyt znahkh
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La Jota	lah HO tah
La Louvière	lah loo vee aire
La Moutonne	moo tun
La Tour-Martillac	la tor mar tee yak
Lafite-Rothschild	lah feet roth sheeld
Lafleur	lah fler
Languedoc-Roussillon	lahn gweh doc roo see yon
Latour	lah tor
Laville-Haut-Brion	la veel oh bree ahn
Léoville-Barton	lay-oh-veel bahr-ton
Léoville-Las-Cases	lay-oh-veel kas-kahz
Léoville-Poyferré	lay-oh-veel pwah-feh-ray
Les Clos	lay cloh
Les Forêts	lay for ay
Les Preuses	lay preuh’z
Liebfraumilch	LEEB frow milsh
Listrac	lee strahk
Loire	lwahr
Lugana	loo GAH nah
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Mâcon	mah kon
Mâcon-Villages	mah kawn vee lahj
Malartic-Lagravière	mah lar teek lah grah vee aire
Malvasia	mal va SEE ah
Margaux	mahr go
Melon de Bourgogne	meh lohn deh boor guh nyuh
Menetou-Salon	meh neh too sah lohn
Mercurey	mair coo ray
Meritage	MER eh tej
Meursault	muhr so
Mont de Milieu	mon deh meh lyew
Montagny	mon tah n’yee
Montée de Tonnerre	mon tay deh tun nair
Monthélie	mohn teh lee
Montlouis	mon loo wee
Montmains	mon man
Montrachet	mon ray shay
Mosel-Saar-Ruwer	MOH zel zar ROO ver
Moulin-á-Vent	moo lahn ah vahn
Moulis	moo lees
Mouton-Rothschild	moo ton roth sheeld
Müller-Thurgau	MOO ler TER gow
Muscadet	moos cah day
Muscat	moos caht1
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Nahe	NAH heh
Nantais	nahn tay
Nebbiolo	neb bee OH lo
Neuchatel	NOI sha tel
Niebaum-Coppola	NEE baum COPE poh lah
Niederosterreich	nee der OZ ter ryke
Nuits-St.-Georges	nwee san jorg
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Orvieto	or vee AE toh
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Pape Clément	pahp cleh mahn
Paulliac	poy yac
Pay d’Oc	pay ee doc
Penedés	peneh DAIS
Penedès	pen eh DAIS
Pernand-Vergelesses	pair nahn vair juh less
Pessac-Léognan	pes sac lay oh nyon
Pessac-Léognan	pay sac lay oh nyahn
Petrus	peh troos
Pfalz	fallz
Pinot Bianco	pee noh bee AHNcoh
Pinot Blanc	pee noh blahnk
Pinot Grigio	pee noh GREE joe
Pinot Gris	pee noh gree
Pinotage	pee noh TAHJ
Pouilly-Fuissé	pwee fwee say
Pouilly-Fumé	pwee foo may
Priorato	pree oh RAH to
Puligny-Montrachet	poo lee nyee mon rah shay
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Qualitätswein	KAL ee tates vine
Quincy	can see
Quinta	KEEN ta
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Rauzan-Ségla	roh zon say glah
Regaleali	ray gah lay AH lee
Regnie	ray nyay
Reuilly	ruh yee
Rheinhessen	RYNE hess ehn
Rias Baixas	REE ahse BYCE ahse
Ribera del Duero	ree BEAR ah del doo AIR oh
Ribolla Gialla	ree BOHL lah JAHL lah
Riesling	REESE ling
Rioja	ree OH ha
Rueda	roo AE dah
Rully	roo yee
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Saint-Aubin	sant oh ban
Saint-Nicolas-de-Bourgueil	san nih coh lahs deh bor goye
Saint-Romain	san ro man
Saint-Véran	san veh rahn
Sancerre	sahn sair
Sangiovese	san joe VAY say
Saumur	soh muhr
Sauvignon Blanc	saw vee nyon blahnk
Savennieres	sah ven nyair
Savigny-lès-Beaune	sah vee nyee lay bone
Scheurebe	SHOY reb beh
Seghesio	she GAY see oh
Semillon	SEM eh lon
Sémillon	sem ee yon
Sèvre-et-Maine	sev’r et mehn
Shiraz	shee raz
Smith-Haut-Lafitte	smith oh lah feet
Soave	so AH vay
Spanna	SPAH nah
Spätlese	SHPATE lay she
St. Veran	san vehr an
St.-Emilion	sant ay meal yon
Steiermark	STY er mark
St-Estèphe	sant eh steff
St-Julien	San jewl yen
Syrah	see rah
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Tempranillo	tem prah NEE yoh
Terra Alta	TER rah AHL tah
Terroir	ter wah
Tinto	TEEN toe
Tocai Friulano	toe KYE free ou LAH noh
Torgiano	tor gee AH no
Tre Venezie	tray veh NETZ ee ay
Trebbiano	treb bee AH noh
Trocken	TRO ken
Trotanoy	trot ahn wah
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Vacqueyras	vah keh rahs
Vaillons	vye yon
Valais	vah lay
Valmur	vahl moor
Valpolicella	val po less CHEL lah
Vaudésir	voh deh zeer
Vega Sicilia	VAY gah see SEAL yah
Vendange Tardive	vahn dahnj tahr deev
Veneto	VEN eh toh
Verdejo	ver DAY ho
Verdicchio	ver DEE key oh
Vieilles Vignes	vee ay vee nyeh
vielle vignes	vee ae veen yeh
Vinho	VEEN yo
Viognier	vee oh nay
Vosne-Romanée	vone roh mah nay
Vouray	voo vray
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Wachau	va COW
Weissburgunder	VICE bur gund er
Wien	vee EN
Willamette Valley	wil LAM ette
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