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I understand "des escargots"  but then why is it "les vins" ?  He tasted [some] snails... we drank [all the] wine?

Céline Pickard · Accepted Answer

Bonjour Craig,
"we drank delicious wines and he tasted snails":
You will use "les" in front of "escargots" -> generalising / general statement 
Link here: le, la, l', les before before nouns when generalising (definite articles)
You will use "des" in front of "vins délicieux" / "de" in front of "délicieux vins"-> [some] delicious wines / partitive article
Link here: Using ''de / d' '' instead of 'des' in front of adjectives preceding nouns (partitive article)
I hope this is helpful.
Bonne journée !

Jim Jones · Answer

Hi Craig,"les vins" as in tasting all the various wines on offer?Hope this may help.Bonne Journée.Jim