1
: a small drink of distilled liquor
2
: a short-stemmed goblet with a bowl narrowing toward the top
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Madeira September is great for: a snifter or two in one of the world’s oldest wine regions.
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Mark Ellwood, AFAR Media, 30 June 2025
Finish with a snifter at the East Nashville outpost of New York’s award-hogging cocktail bar Attaboy.
—Mark Ellwood, AFAR Media, 14 Apr. 2025
Aged for 18 months in American oak barrels and savored neat in a snifter, the flavor is soft and buttery with fruity overtones.
—Richard Carleton Hacker, Robb Report, 22 Oct. 2024
Sidle up to the giant slab of black marble at the center and order some caviar and a snifter of Champagne.
—Mark Ellwood, Robb Report, 16 Jan. 2024
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Mark Ellwood, AFAR Media, 30 June 2025
Finish with a snifter at the East Nashville outpost of New York’s award-hogging cocktail bar Attaboy.
—Mark Ellwood, AFAR Media, 14 Apr. 2025
Aged for 18 months in American oak barrels and savored neat in a snifter, the flavor is soft and buttery with fruity overtones.
—Richard Carleton Hacker, Robb Report, 22 Oct. 2024
Sidle up to the giant slab of black marble at the center and order some caviar and a snifter of Champagne.
—Mark Ellwood, Robb Report, 16 Jan. 2024
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“Snifter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/snifter. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.
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