Menuism’s wine expert, Etty Lewensztain of Plonk Wine Merchants, discusses five French wine terms, offering definitions and a pronunciation guide. Cheers!
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This information is ill informed ansd misleading for instance "cepage" is the french term for the gape stock ie the root ie Pinot Noir, Chardonney , so is not a reference to a blend of gapes that is incorrect
I thought this was acomedy skit at first. Honestly, you pronounce like the words like an imbecile. what's the deal with that "yay" at the end of those terms? what are you 5 years old?
Listen again, she states that Cepage refers to the grape varietal(s) in a wine. It may be one or more.
dont just ask him the sommelier …. ask her. Tsk tsk.
Well well, Ms. Löwenstein, you're a little out of date.
As of 2006, French barriques are made of steel, contain up to 500 gallons of wine, oak chips, dust, chemical flavors, and some extra alcohol.
That's why today they taste like they taste, and no sommelier, and no correct pronunciation will help ;-(
you could improve on ur french accent. you could also improve on ur english accent.and I could help you improve on both I believe
Saignee is pronounced sayn-yee, as in the english words sane-yeast but without 'st' at the end of yeast. A good way to practice it is to say "sane-yeast" 5 or 6 times in a row and then say it dropping the final 'st' at the end of yeast and you have a close enough approximation to how the French pronounce saignee.
Actually her English accent is just fine. It has a slight twang in it but other than that, it is a clean and relatively non-distinct American English accent.
ahh it's ugly. spanish should be your national language isntead. it doesn't sound great but it will always be better than that american english that sound so vulgar
You should change your name to Ignatius J. Reilly.
Don't over-humble yourself, Pompous Moose
Any respectable frenchman will commit suicide hearing your pronunciation of these french names!! Please do us all a favor and remove this video!
Bonne vidéo, merci Vino. Little Sorbonne Vancouver.
I can't believe that I just wasted 30 seconds of my life on that crap. Ms Lamo, you should be ashamed. My sympathy goes out to anyone that actually watched the whole thing.
Just close your eyes and imagine Kim Kardashian speaking. Your problem is solved now enjoy Kims other wine videos.
This video should be renamed : Commonly used French wine terms, or French vino vocabs…!!
big effort there Etty u more or less know your subject(wines), but few mistakes in pronunciation, cepage: sounds seepage,
terroir was close, terre-oir
burrique/bourrique: BA-rrique,
saignee was the worst …..
nextime u visit France go on ur own and stay a month or two in wine regions u'll pick up the lingo for sure….oh avoid Paris. very cute keep smiling, u do like Julia Roberts..
Pronunciation is not accurate.
giits25 LoL. I had a feeling that was going to happen. I personally don't know French myself to be able to pass judgement. I do recall watching another video where a girl was "teaching" how to pronounce German words and how her pronunciation was so bad that I myself who had been learning German, was mortified. xD
In short; people need to stop making pronunciation videos with improper pronunciations. ._.
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Thank you!
Wonderful
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The sound quality is poor and, to add insult to injury, there is an echo. I think that solving those problems would be appropriate for a video on pronunciation.
Ma che beccona !
Thanks for this!
Terr-wa (Terroir)
Doesn't seem correct
Video should be renamed to French wine terms explained with hideous pronunciation.
that would be much more helpful if you show me the word as you pronounce them
Let's date.
sommelier is not pronounced like that in French.
Somelier is pronounced 'So-mel-e-aye'