| 100% | MERLOT | 6 | The red wine grape which means blackbird in French |
| 46% | PINOT | 5 | ___ Noir, red wine grape variety enjoyed in the fall season |
| 45% | MERLOTS | 7 | Dark red wines named from the French for blackbird |
| 40% | CARMENERE | 9 | Red wine grape planted widely in Chile |
| 39% | VINROUGE | 8 | Red wine, in French |
| 38% | PINOTNOIR | 9 | Burgundian red wine grape also used in Champagne |
| 37% | SYRAH | 5 | Red wine grape known as Shiraz in Australia |
| 36% | LOUVRE | 6 | The French museum which opened in 1973 |
| 35% | STUFFING | 8 | The meaning of farce in a French restaurant |
| 35% | PINOTNOIR | 9 | Red wine whose name ends with the French word for "black": 2 wds. |
| 35% | MERLOT | 6 | Popular red wine that originated in the Bordeaux region of France |
| 35% | SAUVIGNON | 9 | Cabernet ___, red wine that was featured in the film "Miss Congeniality" |
| 35% | MEDOC | 5 | French red wine with a physician in its spelling |
| 34% | MERLOT | 6 | Red wine that was featured in the film "The Perks of Being a Wallflower" |
| 34% | PINOTNOIR | 9 | Red wine that was popularized in the Academy Award-winning film "Sideways": 2 wds. |
| 34% | SEMILLON | 8 | White wine grape grown in Australia and the Bordeaux area of France |
| 34% | YES | 3 | What the French word "oui" means in English |
| 34% | BARBERA | 7 | Italian dry red grape grown in the Piedmont |
| 34% | MERLOT | 6 | Dark-blue grape named after the French for blackbird |
| 33% | URDU | 4 | Language in which "Pakistan" means "land of the pure" |
| 33% | PINOT | 5 | ___ Noir, popular red wine that originated in the Burgundy wine-growing region of France |
| 33% | SYRAH | 5 | Red wine grape |
| 33% | MERLOT | 6 | Red wine grape |
| 33% | VENIR | 5 | Verb that means the same thing in Spanish and French |
| 33% | LUNAR | 5 | ___ eclipse (celestial event in which the moon may appear red) |
| 32% | OPERATION | 9 | Game in which the "patient's" nose is a red light bulb |
| 32% | AWAY | 4 | "Give It ___," 1991 song by the Red Hot Chili Peppers which won a Grammy Award in 1992 |
| 32% | ZINFANDEL | 9 | Red wine grape also called Primitivo |
| 32% | ROTHSCHILD | 10 | French wine-making family which partnered with Robert Mondavi to create the Opus One Winery |