guzzler Posted January 9 Posted January 9 Gee now I'll know how to pronounce it when I ask.... Although it won't quite sound the same with a Kiwi accent!! Cheers mate 1
p6x Posted January 9 Author Posted January 9 (edited) @footgoose Very important... :-) Mus is pronounced like Mus in Elon Musk or Musk like the perfum, and not oo like in Booth When I was in Paris in November last year, I drank Muscadet with my raw oysters, usually served with rye bread spread with salted butter. Here in Houston, oysters are always cooked; it is not the same... Texas laws allow me to import 3 Gallons of wine, which equates to 15 liters. One bottle = 0.75 l. You pay 3.75 $ per Gallon. I tried to sneak in a 16th bottle, which was just a tad more than 3 gallons. Unfortunately, that bottle was confiscated. The CBP guy told me it would be destroyed. I bet there is one more CBP officer that now likes Muscadet.... Edited January 9 by p6x 1 2
footgoose Posted January 9 Posted January 9 Ah, you say tomah-toe. Now I don't know all the French, but I'm going with the way my French friend said it.
p6x Posted January 9 Author Posted January 9 (edited) 1 hour ago, footgoose said: Ah, you say tomah-toe. Now I don't know all the French, but I'm going with the way my French friend said it. It is like when US people say "deja-vu"; the "U" is pronounced the same way as the "U" for Muscadet. In French the sound "oo" is written "ou". Like in mood. We would write it "moud". The French U is not even the same sound as the U in mud, but it would be a closer prononciation. As for the way your French contact pronounces it, it also depends where he is from in France, because we do have regional pronunciation, and how long he has been without speaking French with French native speakers. When I go to France, I have some French people telling me I have an accent when I speak French. Some think I am Canadian from Quebec... they obviously never heard French Canadian speaking. Edited January 9 by p6x 1
guzzler Posted January 9 Posted January 9 Mick, I reckon we keep our antipodean interpretation to ourselves, lest we offend the delicate European sensibilities mate.... Cheers Guzzler Ps no offence to those sensibilities by the way folk's! 2
footgoose Posted January 9 Posted January 9 14 minutes ago, p6x said: US people say "deja-vu"; the "U" is pronounced the same way as the "U" for Muscadet. Now I'm confused. I'm a US people and I say the deja-vu 'u' - oo like booth, and I thought you meant Mus 'u' was like Musk? anyway, my French lady friend said it just like this guy. She said she was from Paris but may have just been flirting with me.
guzzler Posted January 9 Posted January 9 Geez... I might write it down on a bit of paper, hand it to the staff and ask if they've got any of this..... Cheers Ps I would like to try it eh 1
p6x Posted January 9 Author Posted January 9 9 hours ago, guzzler said: Geez... I might write it down on a bit of paper, hand it to the staff and ask if they've got any of this..... Cheers Ps I would like to try it eh You can order it from France, they ship out. I can give you some suggestions. It is not that expensive, it just takes longer. When you purchase out of them, it is tax free, and they often include some samples. The cost of shipping is not that prohibitive. Now you need to check how much you are allowed to import in Australia, and how much duty you are supposed to pay. But I guarantee you will be surprised as Muscadet is really an incredible white wine. Possibly because blokes normally don't drink wine but beer. Out of the rare that drinks wine, they usually favor red, as the white is deemed a "lady's choice). But Ladies usually prefer sweeter white wines. Anyway... Here in the USA, it is hard to find, but not entirely impossible. It is just that the wine not being known or popular, they usually only stock a single varietal. Here's a website in English that you can peruse, should you want to test one of the new Quantas direct flight to Paris. I was there in 2018. I guarantee you will enjoy it. This would be a real change of scenery from Australia... https://www.visitnantesvineyard.com/ 1
guzzler Posted January 10 Posted January 10 Thanks mate. I think I've found a couple of places locally and will try and get a bottle to try as am now quite intrigued.... Yeah, I do normally prefer a red and a good robust Shiraz at that but also enjoy a delicate Pinot too. We get extremes of weather down here and when it's hot I turn to the Sauv. Blanc. As for Chardonnay ....No thanks! Although my neighbour a few years ago gave us a bottle of same which I thought was exceptional! It was a special vintage from his son's vineyard in the Yarra valley which he'd been sitting on for a few years, so now know how good it can be.... I think we're in for another 30 + deg day today so will drop into the bottle shop in Warragul later and see if I can find one to try. Cheers
audiomick Posted January 10 Posted January 10 1 hour ago, guzzler said: ...another 30 + deg day today... Enjoy. Hovering around zero here, with a light scattering of snow on the ground and more on the way.
p6x Posted January 11 Author Posted January 11 3 hours ago, guzzler said: Thanks mate. I think I've found a couple of places locally and will try and get a bottle to try as am now quite intrigued.... Yeah, I do normally prefer a red and a good robust Shiraz at that but also enjoy a delicate Pinot too. We get extremes of weather down here and when it's hot I turn to the Sauv. Blanc. As for Chardonnay ....No thanks! Although my neighbour a few years ago gave us a bottle of same which I thought was exceptional! It was a special vintage from his son's vineyard in the Yarra valley which he'd been sitting on for a few years, so now know how good it can be.... I think we're in for another 30 + deg day today so will drop into the bottle shop in Warragul later and see if I can find one to try. Cheers There are a few varietals around the same Muscadet name. Read this: https://www.muscadet.fr/en/the-nantes-vineyards/our-grape-varieties/ Be careful that Muscat has nothing to do with Muscadet!!!! I am saying, because when I asked for Muscadet at Spec's, someone thought I was confused with Muscat, because they had never heard about Muscadet.
guzzler Posted January 11 Posted January 11 5 minutes ago, p6x said: There are a few varietals around the same Muscadet name. Read this: https://www.muscadet.fr/en/the-nantes-vineyards/our-grape-varieties/ Be careful that Muscat has nothing to do with Muscadet!!!! I am saying, because when I asked for Muscadet at Spec's, someone thought I was confused with Muscat, because they had never heard about Muscadet. Thanks mate. Yep, I checked in one of our local bottle shops and plenty of Pinot Grigo but no Muscadet unfortunately. We do have a more specialsed bottle shop in town and a big chain store that carries international and more varieties closer to Melbourne, but with the temp hovering round the 30 degree mark and a nine year old granddaughter chomping at the bit to get home and into the pool, I had no choice/ say in the matter and had to head for home! Will try again soon ha ha . Cheers 2
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