Italian wine region
How to pronounce Asti Spumante
Asti Spumante is pronounced AHS-tee spoo-MAHN-teh, written /ˈasti spuˈmante/ in the International Phonetic Alphabet. The main stress falls on MAHN.
AHS-tee spoo-MAHN-teh
IPA /ˈasti spuˈmante/
What is Asti Spumante?
A DOCG in Piedmont producing sweet sparkling wines from Moscato with grape and floral notes.
The name means “Sparkling Asti” in Italian.
Tips for saying it
Often heard as AHS-tee spoo-MAHN-tee.
Spumante ends in e, a short clear eh, not ee: AHS-tee spoo-MAHN-teh.
Often heard as AHS-tee spoo-MAN-tay.
The final e of Spumante is a short pure eh with no y-glide: AHS-tee spoo-MAHN-teh.
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