How To Pronounce French, German, and Italian Wine Names (Let's Learn!) (Paperback)

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Many oenophiles find themselves stumped when it comes to proper pronunciation of names of even familiar wines. How to Pronounce French, German, and Italian Wine Names offers a simple approach to this problem. Bellucci's carefully crafted pronunciations are easy to follow, and only the strictest linguists will quibble with her results. Her phonetic approaches to French's accents and uniquely pronounced consonants give good approximations of the originals, and she has helpful suggestions for dealing with German's umlauts. Although not noted in the book's title, there are tables of Spanish and Portuguese wine words as well. The comprehensive lists of chateaus, personal names, and grape varieties make this a very helpful addition to any reference collection of books on wine. Mark Knoblauch
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"Unlike a foreign-language primer, this newly published volume is devoted entirely to wine vocabulary and winery names…" -- Wine Specator.com, October 8, 2003

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Product Details

• Paperback: 368 pages
• Publisher: Publisher: Luminosa Publishing, Inc.; Multilingu edition (September 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1932253335
• ISBN-13: 978-1932253337
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #795,482 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Presents a complete method of learning pronunciation, April 4, 2004

By	Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA) - See all my reviews

Diana Belucci's newest reference title isn't just a another dictionary of pronunciation as might be anticipated: rather, How To Pronounce French, German And Italian Wine Names creates and presents a complete method of learning pronunciation to provide keys to the phonetic pronunciation of over 15,000 wine terms, regions, and grape varieties in five different languages. How To Pronounce French, German And Italian Wine Names could've appeared in our 'Literary' or 'Languages' section but deserves mention here for its in-depth interest to wine buffs.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Makes me confident behind the podium, November 9, 2006

By	C. M. Rajasuriya (Sri Lanka) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

It helped me to pronounce the French wine names like a Frenchmen & Spanish wine like a Spaniard and so on. I am no longer worried about someone in the audience trying to correct my pronunciations. Further it has very comprehensive coverage, I found almost all names that I wanted to pronounce in this book." It real is great value