French for Wine Tasting – What Are Specialist Terms Related to Wine?

In this lesson, we’ll learn ten specialist terms related to wine growing that you might hear in French when visiting a vineyard.

Watch the video as many times as you need, until you feel you can give the French translations as we go!

Now we can see what we’ve learned. Look at the English and see if you can provide the French for these words:

Part 1:

acidity	Show l’acidité
aging	Show le vieillissement
bottling	Show la mise en bouteille
grape variety	Show le cépage
highly local area of wine production	Show le terroir

Part 2:

legally specified wine region	Show une appellation
pruning	Show la taille
renowned, high-quality vineyard	Show le cru
vintage year	Show le millésime
winemaker	Show le vigneron

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