sommelier

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  1. noun A restaurant employee who orders and maintains the wines sold in the restaurant and usually has extensive knowledge about wine and food pairings.

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  • Filed under: Wine, South Africa, Wine of the Week Gretchen Roberts has passed the introductory course at the Court of Master Sommeliers and is studying for her sommelier certification this fall.
  • With the flourish of a skilled sommelier, he uncorked the champagne. —  THE MISTRESS
  • Siephen orders two bottles of wine from the sommelier, who seems impressed by the selections. —  Glamorama
  • "It can be a chef or manager or even a sommelier: It makes your place distinctive." —  ChicagoBusiness.com Breaking News
  • Through weekly tastings and sommelier-led classes, the husband-wife duo are educating the community on the intricacies of wine drinking, one glass at a time. —  news.newamericamedia.org
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  1. French, from Old French, officer in charge of provisions, pack-animal driver, alteration of *sommerier, from sommier, beast of burden, from Vulgar Latin *saumārius; see summer2.
 

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