How To Pronounce French, German, and Italian Wine Names

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Summary: Presents a complete method of learning pronunciation
Review: 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.

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Summary: Comprehensive Wine Guide
Review: Whether you are a waiter or someone who is ordering wine, this book will give you information on how to pronounce French, German, and Italian Wine Names. By using the proven Bellucci Method with Quietics, readers can learn the proper phonetic pronunciation of over 15,000 wine names, regions, grape varieties and terms.

The only drawback I found is that you do need to know where the wine was produced. If you hear of a wine and try to look it up in this book, it might take several tries to locate the wine. There are 19 different chapters and there are also pronunciations for Portuguese wines.

This book seems to be for the serious wine connoisseur or sommelier. You almost have to know a lot about wine or have an intense desire to get the pronunciation for your favorite wines correct. In that case, this book can be used by anyone. It is much more helpful if you have a bottle of wine in front of you and you are learning the wine names. If you have tried a wine at a winery, then you will have the name and the location and can
order the wine much more easily.

Since I mostly use wine for cooking, I'm not the best person to review this book. With that said, I did learn a bit about French pronunciation.

~The Rebecca Review

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