Although as Americans, probably none of us (including myself) are as good as we should be about placement of correct accents in European wine related words, there’s really no excuse. It’s as important as spelling potato as potato, not potatoe (as one of our former vice presidents once did, for a classroom full of kids).
Let’s put it another way: if you’re serious about your wine program – be it restaurant or retail – then you’re serious about your spelling of European wine names and terms with their customary accents.
So first, utilizing most Microsoft Word/Windows applications, how to apply the most common accents:
CTR + ‘, the letter
á, é, í, ó, ú
Á, É, Í, Ó, Ú
CTR + `(accent grave), the letter
à, è, ì, ò, ù
À, È, Ì, Ò, Ù
CTR + SHIFT + ^(caret), the letter
â, ê, î, ô, û
Â, Ê, Î, Ô, Û
CTR + SHIFT + :(colon), the letter
ä, ë, ï, ö, ü, ÿ
Ä, Ë, Ï, Ö¸Ü, Ÿ
CTR + SHIFT + ~(tilde), the letter
ã, ñ, õ
Ã, Ñ, Õ
CTR + , (comma), c or C
ç, Ç
Here are some common (and maybe not so commonly seen) wine names and terms in need of correct accents:
á:
Aligoté
apéritif
cépage
Calon-Ségur
Chénas
Comte de Vogüé
Crémant de Bourgogne
Crépy
cuvée
Dom Pérignon
Domaine du Vieux Télégraphe
Echézeaux
Épernay
Fumé Blanc
Grand Cru Classé
Grands-Echézeaux
Irouléguy
Juliénas
Médoc
Méthode Champenoise
Léoville-Las-Cases
Léoville-Poyferré
Mencía
Pedro Ximénez
pétillant
Pétrus
Pouilly-Fumé
Pouilly-Fuissé
Régnié
réserve
rosé
saigné
Saint-Émilion
Saint-Véran
saké
Sélection de Grains Nobles
Sémillon
tête de cuvee
Torrontés
Valdiguié
Vaudésir
Vosne-Romanée
à:
Beaux Frères
Carmenère
Cirò
Clos de Bèze
Corbières
Genevrières
La Louvière
Latricières-Chambertin
Les Folatières
Les Perrières
Moulin-à-Vent
Mourvèdre
Muscadet de Sèvre-et-Maine
Penedès
Savennières
père et fils
Saint-Estèphe
â:
Bâtard-Montrachet
château
Châteauneuf-du-Pape
Côte de Beaune
Côte de Brouilly
Côte de Nuits
Côte d’Or
Côte-Rôtie
Côtes-du-Rhône
Dôle
La Tâche
Mâcon
Mâconnais
Rhône Valley
tête de cuvée
ä:
Comte de Vogüé
Blaufränkisch
Deidesheimer Leinhöhle
Forster Kirchenstück
Gewürztraminer
Grüner Veltliner
Maximum Grünhauser
Moët & Chandon
Müller-Thurgau
Perrier-Jouët
Piesporter Goldtröpchen
Quälitatswein mit Prädikat
Rüdesheimer Berg
Rülander
Schloss Schönborn
Spätburgunder
Spätlese
Ürziger Würzgarten
Weingut Künstler
Weingut Mönchhof
Wiltinger Hölle
ã:
Albariño
Cariñena
Tinto Cão
Valdepeñas
ç:
Jurançon
Provençal
Valençay
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