Q: How to pronounce French wine names?
Question from Russ: I am unable to find a website that has a pronuciation link for French wine labels. For instance, how do you pronounce Echezeaux?
Reply: Hi, Russ! Thanks for writing! I think we all “feel your pain” 
I’m sure that the French will forgive us for our mispronunciations, just as we forgive theirs. And, sometimes we have fun with it, for instance, pronouncing Lynch-Bages as “lunch bags” on purpose!
Personally, I’d feel kind of pretentious pronouncing Chateau Mouton-Rothschild the way Berry Bros and Rudd does on this page, but it’s correct. In ‘Mercan it comes out moo-tawn roths-child As far as I can tell, they only help with Bordeaux pronunciations, so they don’t have Echezeaux or any other Burgundy wines. I found a site with French pronunciation, in general, that might help. We usually just say: esh-eh-zoh (accent on first syllable) and hope it’s not too far off. Just say it really fast and slightly nasal and it will be very convincing No matter how you say it, YUMMMM!!! Do you have some? Care to share???
Can anyone help Russ? Merci beaucoup (mercy buckets)! Santé
Hi, this is one of my favorite subjects in my search to learn more about wine. I must admit that I avoided purchasing French wine in stores and restaurants for a very long time before I decided to commit to learning the basics. In addition to the four suggestions below one of the most helpful has been a native French speaking friend who is a tremendous help.
For myself, the best thing has been to hear it, repeatedly. The 2 sites below with audio have been a tremendous help. I have downloaded 100 audio files to an iPod and then listen to them while working out. The other excellent source has been Grape Radio, a companion site to Napa Valley Wine Radio, 2 of the very best in my opinion. They have many interviews with French wine growers who of course pronounce these names repeatedly.
FYI, the book shows Echezeaux as ay-shay-zo. Also, listen to the Allen Meadows interviews @ Grape Radio.
Good luck and hope you find this helpful, Jim Cramer
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http://www.wines.com/catalog/pronunciation.php (phoenetic)
http://www.bbr.com/TF/wine-knowledge/pronunciation.lml (with audio)
http://www.stratsplace.com/winepronon_dict.html (with audio)
“How to Pronounce French, German, and Italian Wine Names” by Diana Bellucci
Grape Radio, companion site to Napa Valley Wine Radio, http://www.graperadio.com
Hi, Jim! Aren’t you nice to take the time to help out! Thanks so much – this is what’s so great about social media. You find out there are lots of very kind, helpful people that you’ve never had the pleasure of meeting in person. I hope you’ll stop by our tasting room some time to say “hi!” and share a glass of wine. Cheers! Nancy