About the lah-GRAH’EEN

New York - Few things are simple in northeastern Italy, least of all lagrein, a red grape that can produce fresh, aromatic, highly seductive wines. Why, just last week, I asked a linguistically minded friend who is fluent in Italian for the proper pronunciation of lagrein. Here is his response, or part of it: “Lagrein is a tough one,“ he said, “in part because it's pronounced using a Germanic, as ...