How to correctly pronounce Piper Heidsieck in French?

YLee · October 18, 2019, 7:42pm

Maybe depends on which part of France they are from?

Neal.Mollen · October 18, 2019, 7:47pm

Remulak. It’s a small village.

Richard_Albert · October 18, 2019, 9:30pm

Remulak, Ha!
That was the Coneheads home planet, oui?

lleichtman · October 18, 2019, 9:36pm

Somehow, when I read this question images of Steve Martin pop up.

Neal.Mollen · October 18, 2019, 11:13pm

C’est ça.

Dan_Kravitz · October 19, 2019, 12:31am

There are a lot of German names in Champagne because a lot of Germans with initiative and investment capital flocked to the region as it became Rich & Famous.

Of course they were accepted or rejected by locals based on the way they did business and the way treated the neighbor farmers whose grapes they purchased.

During the 1910 - 11 Champagne riots, not a single life was lost as Moet, Mumm and Piper were burned to the ground and every bottle in their cellars smashed. Bollinger and Roederer were untouched.

When in France in a restaurant, I would order PEEP-er I’D-zeek. I used to know some linguistics, but that was then and this is now.

Dan Kravitz

James_Billy · October 19, 2019, 8:54am

Julian_Marshall · October 19, 2019, 10:07am

Most French people would just say Peepur or Peepair, not daring to try the Heidsieck bit, it’s far too tricky!

RichardFlack · October 19, 2019, 12:01pm

Just Order Bollinger.

Chris_Blum · October 19, 2019, 1:35pm

I still don’t get the why. The French “mispronounce” the name and you want try to follow suit?

James_Billy · October 20, 2019, 6:32am

I think it’s the opposite. Whatever you do is wrong!

Jim_Stewart · October 20, 2019, 2:55pm

Ha! This is so true, James!

Robert.A.Jr · October 20, 2019, 3:24pm

Or Dom!

Much easier to say. With panache.

Jonathan_Loesberg · October 20, 2019, 3:46pm

Piper Heidseick may be a German name, but it is a French Champagne house. However they pronounce it, that is therefore the correct pronunciation. I expect that is the general answer here: Peepehr Idezeek. If you ask for a pronunciation on the internet, that’s what you get.

Neal.Mollen · October 20, 2019, 3:56pm

Yong asked for a pronunciation on the internet and got lOTS of alternatives.

Ron_Slye · October 21, 2019, 12:23pm

Some additional information.

YLee · October 21, 2019, 12:44pm

So according to this, I was saying Heidsieck correctly. Lol.

Jeff_O_k_e_a_n · October 21, 2019, 5:13pm

As long as you pronounce the “r” in the back of your tongue / throat like the French do, you’re OK with Pee-pair Eyed-zeek; but if you don’t, try Pee-pae Eyed-zeek. I would say that Pee-pay is fine also, but Americans tend to make a ‘ee’ sound at the end of “pay”; which is incorrect. Try to get that back of tongue “r” though, like you’re beginning to gargle.

Alex_Rychlewski · October 22, 2019, 2:38pm

Agree with above post: pee-pair ayed-seek.
That would be an “s” rather than a “z”.

Lots of examples of French pronunciation of foreign languages being different in the world of wine: Palmer, Rothschild, Barton, Smith, etc.

Alex R.

Steve_Slatcher · October 22, 2019, 4:54pm

I think if we are going to pronounce non-French Champagne houses the French way, we should also pronounce “Champagne” itself as the French do.