23: How to order vino in Italian

One of our favourite things to do in Italy is to sit out in the piazza and drink a nice glass of vino. Find out how to order wine like an Italian in this lesson.

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Today's words

Un prosecco = a prosecco

Due prosecchi = 2 proseccos

Una bottiglia di prosecco = a bottle of prosecco

Una = a (for feminine words)

Un = a (for masculine words)

il Chianti = a type of red wine from Tuscany

La Falanghina = a type of white wine which comes from the vesuvius region

La Barbera = a type of red wine from Piemonte

Un bicchiere di prosecco = a glass of prosecco

Un bicchiere di Chianti = a glass of Chianti

bicchiere = glass

di = of

calice = wine glass

spumante/frizzante/mosso = sparkling

mosso = moved

bollicine = little bubbles (sometimes used to talk about sparkling wine)

Vino fermo = still wine

Fermo = still

Vino bianco = white wine

Vino bianco fermo = still white wine

Secco

Vino bianco secco = dry white wine

Fruttato = fruity

Un vino bianco fruttato = fruity white wine

Dolce = sweet

Un vino bianco dolce = sweet white wine

Vino rosso = red wine

Corposo = full-bodied

Un vino rosso corposo = a full-bodied red wine

Un vino rosso non strutturato = a light red wine

Non strutturato = light (when talking about wine)

Wine list

Pinot grigio (dry white wine from the North East of Italy)

Soave (dry white wine from Veneto)

Fiano (dry white wine from Campania)

Donnafugata (fruity white wine from Sicily)

Gewürztraminer (fruity white wine from Trentino)

Malvasia (sweet white wine from Sicily)

Passito (sweet white wine from Sicily)

Zibibbo (sweet white wine from Sicily)

Amarone (Full-bodied red wine from Piemonte)

Barolo (Full-bodied red wine from Piemonte)

Aglianico (A light red wine from Campania)

Primitivo (A light red wine from Puglia)