Phrases to Sound Fancy During a Wine Tasting

Adoro il retrogusto di questo vino.

You’ve FINALLY decided to take your dream trip to Italy, and you’ve wisely chosen Tuscany as the primary region. (You really like wine, and Chianti is doing a pretty good job.)

And while you’ve learned how to order food at a restaurant and get around, you want to be able to linguistically make your way around a wine tasting beyond saying stuff like, “Ooh, that’s good” or “Nope, I don’t like it.”

In short, you want to sound more refined, and that’s exactly what I’m here to help you do. 

However, given my limited wine knowledge, I asked for help from Rachel (who knows wines as much as she loves them) and Carlotta.

Let’s start with some basic vocabulary.