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B1nounfemminile

lacantina

wine cellar / winery

Plural

cantine

Pronunciation

kan-TEE-nah

About this word

Cantina means both a wine cellar in a home and a commercial winery. Many Italian wine regions offer cantina tours and degustazioni (tastings). 'Vino della cantina' means house wine in restaurants.

Examples

La cantina ha vini di oltre vent'anni.

The wine cellar has wines over twenty years old.

Visitiamo la cantina del produttore nel weekend.

We visit the producer's winery at the weekend.

Related Words

vinobottigliabotteproduttoredegustazione