PRONUNCIATION: Italian Grape Varieties F – N

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PLEASE NOTE: The phonetic spelling is written for an American English speaker. The emphasized syllable in each word has been underlined. We purposely did not use traditional phonetic spellings because most people do not know these.

Greco di Tufo

(grek · oh // dee // too · foe)
white

Malvasia

(mal · va · zee · a)
a family of 10 white & 7 red varieties

Montepulciano

(mon · tay · pool · chee · an · oh)
red

Montepulciano d’Abruzzo

(mon · tay · pool · chee · an · oh // da · broots · zo)
red

Nerello Cappuccio

(nair · el · lo // cap · poo · choe)
red/white

Nerello Mascalese

(nair · el · lo // mas · ca · lay · zay)
red

Nero d’Avola

(nair · o // da · vo · la)
red