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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
\nUn prosecco = a prosecco
\nDue prosecchi = 2 proseccos
\nUna bottiglia di prosecco = a bottle of prosecco
\nUna = a (for feminine words)
\nUn = a (for masculine words)
\nil Chianti = a type of red wine from Tuscany
\nLa Falanghina = a type of white wine which comes from the vesuvius region
\nLa Barbera = a type of red wine from Piemonte
\nUn bicchiere di prosecco = a glass of prosecco
\nUn bicchiere di Chianti = a glass of Chianti
\nbicchiere = glass
\ndi = of
\ncalice = wine glass
\nspumante/frizzante/mosso = sparkling
\nmosso = moved
\nbollicine = little bubbles (sometimes used to talk about sparkling wine)
\nVino fermo = still wine
\nFermo = still
\nVino bianco = white wine
\nVino bianco fermo = still white wine
\nSecco
\nVino bianco secco = dry white wine
\nFruttato = fruity
\nUn vino bianco fruttato = fruity white wine
\nDolce = sweet
\nUn vino bianco dolce = sweet white wine
\nVino rosso = red wine
\nCorposo = full-bodied
\nUn vino rosso corposo = a full-bodied red wine
\nUn vino rosso non strutturato = a light red wine
\nNon strutturato = light (when talking about wine)

Wine list
\nPinot grigio (dry white wine from the North East of Italy)
\nSoave (dry white wine from Veneto)
\nFiano (dry white wine from Campania)
\nDonnafugata (fruity white wine from Sicily)
\nGew\xfcrztraminer (fruity white wine from Trentino)
\nMalvasia (sweet white wine from Sicily)
\nPassito (sweet white wine from Sicily)
\nZibibbo (sweet white wine from Sicily)
\nAmarone (Full-bodied red wine from Piemonte)
\nBarolo (Full-bodied red wine from Piemonte)
\nAglianico (A light red wine from Campania)
\nPrimitivo (A light red wine from Puglia)