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Italian Grape Pronunciation Guide

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Italian Grape Pronunciation Guide

by Michael Grossman » Fri Jun 08, 2012 2:31 pm

Loved Dr. Parzen's Italian grape pronunciation guide. Thanks very much for that link. Since there are hundreds of Italian varietals I hope he will keep adding more videos.
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Re: Italian Grape Pronunciation Guide

by Robin Garr » Fri Jun 08, 2012 3:07 pm

Thanks, Michael! To clarify, since I got busy and didn't post today's 30 Second Wine Advisor to the forum yet, I'll just post a link to the article about the Parzen Italian wine videos plus my Trader Joe's Prosecco tasting report:

Say it in Italiano
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Re: Italian Grape Pronunciation Guide

by Hoke » Fri Jun 08, 2012 3:35 pm

I thought speaking loudly, waving your arms, and adding terminal "O" as liberally as possible was the preferred punctuation guide for Italian wines?

Seriously: good resource.
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Re: Italian Grape Pronunciation Guide

by Ian Sutton » Fri Jun 08, 2012 5:31 pm

Hoke wrote:I thought speaking loudly, waving your arms, and adding terminal "O" as liberally as possible was the preferred punctuation guide for Italian wines?

That would just be "stupido" :wink:
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