Definition of sommelier
sommeliers
play \ˌsə-məl-ˈyā(z)\: a waiter in a restaurant who has charge of wines and their service : a wine steward
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Since 2009, Air France has taken airline food and wine to new, exciting places by partnering with famous chefs and sommeliers.
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The event will be hosted by sommelier Stephanie Pack from Red Restaurant Group.
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Syrah sales in the U.S. are stubbornly moribund despite the passionate exhortations of countless winemakers, sommeliers, writers, retailers and hard-core fans.
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A wine distributor and sommelier by trade, Noel Patterson, the resident beekeeper at Miraval Resort & Spa in Tucson, parlayed his experience with terroir to capture time and place in a bottle.
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When the bottle proved sound, the sommelier returned to the table and poured the wine for Mr. Hiatt and his guest.
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In modern wine service, where the sommelier has already tasted the wine for flaws, this expertise is not required of guests.
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Even though most sommeliers taste the wine for flaws before bringing it to guests to taste, Mr. Ragan suggested that guests deserved the opportunity to confirm the sommelier’s opinion.
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Sommeliers were up in arms; wine writers were up in arms.
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Origin and Etymology of sommelier
French, from Middle French soumelier official charged with transportation of supplies, from Old French, pack animal driver, probably alteration of *sommerier, from somier pack animal, from Medieval Latin saugmarius, from Late Latin sagma packsaddle — more at sumpter
SOMMELIER Defined for English Language Learners
sommelier
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: a waiter in a restaurant who is in charge of serving wine
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