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. Learn about our Online Italian School and get a free mini lesson every week: https://joyoflanguages.online/italian-school Subscribe to our new Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@joyoflanguages.italian?sub_confirmation=1 Get the bonus materials for this episode: https://italian.joyoflanguages.com/podcast/how-to-order-wine-in-italy 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)

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