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Passerillage (pah-seh-ree-YAHZH) Drying grapes on vine or after harvest

Pétillant (pay-tee-YAHN) Lightly sparkling

Phylloxéra (fee-lohk-SAY-rah) Root louse that devastated European vineyards in late 1800s

Pigeage (pee-ZHAHZH) Punching down grape cap during fermentation

Premier Cru (preh-mee-AY KROO) First growth - classification below Grand Cru

Pressurage (preh-soo-RAHZH) Pressing grapes