Noilly Prat

A Quick Overview Of Noilly Prat

'Noilly Prat' is the best-known French vermouth. Vermouth is a fortified wine ('fortified' means spirits such as brandy are added to a wine) flavored with aromatic herbs, and sometimes bark and roots as well.

Noilly Prat is often drunk as an apéritif.

'Noilly Prat' is a name that seems to get English speakers all the time: look at the phonetic spelling (you hover over the colored letters for explanations) and listen to the audio. In normal circumstances, the 't' in 'Prat' would not be pronounced in French - this is an exception to the rule.

• noilly prat
• nwah/yee praht