Tiscali: French Phrase Finder

Can you recommend a good wine?
Pouvez-vous nous recommander un bon vin?
poovay voo noo ruhko-moñday uñ boñ vañ
 

Barsac sweet white wine

Beaujolais light fruity wines to be drunk young (Burgundy)

Bergerac red and white wines (Dordogne)

Blanc de blancs any white wine made from white grapes only

Blanquette de Limoux dry sparkling white wine (southwest)

Bordeaux region producing red (claret), dry and sweet wines

Bourgueuil light, fruity red wine to be drunk very young (Loire)

Brouilly among the finest Beaujolais: fruity, supple, full of flavour

Cabernet Sauvignon red wine with a slight blackcurrant aroma

Cahors dark, long-lived, powerful red wine from Massif Central

Chablis very dry, full-bodied white wine (Burgundy)

Chambertin one of the finest red Burgundies (Burgundy)

Champagne sparkling white/rosé (Champagne)

Chardonnay a white grape variety widely used in sparkling wines

Châteauneuf-du-Pape good,full-bodied red wine (Rhône)

Côtes de Beaune full-bodied red (Burgundy)

Côtes du Rhône full-bodied red (Rhône)

Côtes du Roussillon good ordinary red (Languedoc-Roussillon)

Entre deux mers medium-dry white wine from Bordeaux

Fitou dark red, sturdy wine (Languedoc-Roussillon)

Gewürztraminer fruity, spicy white wine (Alsace)

Mâcon good ordinary red and white wines (Burgundy)

Médoc principal wine-producing area of Bordeaux

Mersault dry white wine (Burgundy)

Monbazillac sweet white wine (Dordogne)

Muscadet very dry white wine (Loire)

Pouilly-Fuissé light dry white wine (Burgundy)

Pouilly-Fumé spicy, dry white wine (Loire)

Rosé d'Anjou light, fruity rosé (Loire)

Saint-Emilion good full-bodied red wine (Bordeaux)

Sancerre dry white wine (Loire)

Sauternes sweet white wine (Bordeaux)

Sylvaner dry white wine (Alsace)

Vouvray dry, sweet and sparkling white wines (Loire)

 

* SPIRITS & LIQUEURS

What liqueurs do you have?
Qu'est-ce que vous avez comme liqueurs?
kes kuh vooz avay kom lee-kur

Armagnac fine grape brandy from southwest France

Calvados apple brandy made from cider (Normandy)

Cassis blackcurrant liqueur: kir white wine and cassis apéritif

Chartreuse aromatic herb liqueur made by Carthusian monks

Cognac high quality white grape brandy

Cointreau orange-flavoured liqueur

Crème de menthe peppermint-flavoured liqueur

Eau de vie brandy (often made from plum, pear, etc.)

Grand Marnier tawny-coloured, orange-flavoured liqueur

Izarra vert green-coloured herb liqueur: jaune sweeter

Kirsch cherry-flavoured spirit from Alsace

Mirabelle plum spirit from Alsace

Pastis aniseed-based apéritif (like Pernod) to which water is added