Wine & Spirits

1. ¿Pue traeme la carta de vinos?

   Could you bring me the wine list?

   Usage

   To ask a restaurant for the wine list

   Grammar Note

   Pue is the polite form addressed to usté, and me attaches after the verb (traeme). The plural of vinu is vinos. Composed sentence; native review recommended.

2. Quixera un vinu tintu / blancu.

   I would like a red / white wine.

   Usage

   To order wine, choosing red or white

   Grammar Note

   Wine is vinu, red is tintu and white is blancu, all ending in -u rather than Spanish -o. Composed sentence; native review recommended.

3. Una copa / una botella de vinu, por favor.

   A glass / a bottle of wine, please.

   Usage

   To order wine by the glass or by the bottle

   Grammar Note

   Wine is vinu, which differs from Spanish vino in its ending. Composed sentence; native review recommended.

4. ¿Qué graduación alcohólica tien?

   What is the alcohol content?

   Usage

   To ask the alcohol strength of a wine, beer or cider

   Grammar Note

   The 3rd person of tener is tien. The drink can be left out when it is clear from the conversation. Composed sentence; native review recommended.

5. Esti vinu ye secu / afrutáu.

   This wine is dry / fruity.

   Usage

   To describe a wine as dry or fruity

   Grammar Note

   "This" (masculine) is esti, and the masculine adjectives are secu and afrutáu (endings -u and -áu). Composed sentence; native review recommended.

6. ¿Pue recomendame una cerveza artesanal d'equí?

   Could you recommend a local craft beer?

   Usage

   To ask staff for a craft beer brewed in the area

   Grammar Note

   "From here" is d'equí, with de contracted. Pue is the polite form addressed to usté. Composed sentence; native review recommended.

7. Quixera facer una cata de vinos.

   I would like to do a wine tasting.

   Usage

   To say you want to take part in a wine tasting

   Grammar Note

   "To do" is facer, not Spanish hacer. Composed sentence; native review recommended.

8. Non mui dulce, por favor.

   Not too sweet, please.

   Usage

   To ask for a drink that is not too sweet

   Grammar Note

   In a short answer without a verb the negative is non, not nun, and "very" is mui (not muy). Composed sentence; native review recommended.

9. ¿De qué rexón ye esti vinu?

   Which region is this wine from?

   Usage

   To ask where a wine comes from

   Grammar Note

   "Region" is rexón, where Spanish región has g and Asturian has x. Origin takes ser (ye). Composed sentence; native review recommended.

10. ¿Tenéis opciones ensin alcohol?

    Do you have alcohol-free options?

    Usage

    To ask for non-alcoholic drinks if you do not drink

    Grammar Note

    "Without" is ensin, not Spanish sin. Composed sentence; native review recommended.

11. ¿Qué vinu va bien con esti platu?

    Which wine goes well with this dish?

    Usage

    To ask staff which wine pairs with a dish

    Grammar Note

    "Goes well" is va (from dir, "to go") plus bien. Esti platu is the masculine form. Composed sentence; native review recommended.

12. ¿Pue recomendame una sidra natural d'equí?

    Could you recommend a local natural cider?

    Usage

    In Asturias, the local drink is cider; this asks staff to recommend a natural (still) cider

    Grammar Note

    Sidra natural is the traditional Asturian cider, customarily poured from a height (escanciar). Composed sentence; native review recommended.

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