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Recent Examples of sommelier
Cameron is a former football player who brought some football friends along with David, a rapper and a sommelier.
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Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 9 Dec. 2025
Rabbit Wine Bottle Stoppers Set There’s nothing worse than opening a bottle of wine and not being able to finish it, so the sommelier in your life will certainly appreciate this set of wine bottle stoppers.
—Jamie Allison Sanders, PEOPLE, 29 Nov. 2025
Gabe Klinger’s drama Isabel, about a sommelier who decides to break-away from a domineering boss to set up her own wine bar, is completed as is Gustavo Vinagre and Gurcius Gewdner’s horror picture Flushing about a killer toilet, which has set an as yet unannounced festival premiere.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 28 Nov. 2025
While working at the French Laundry, master sommelier Bobby Stuckey and chef Lachlan Mackinnon-Patterson met.
—Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 19 Nov. 2025
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Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 9 Dec. 2025
Rabbit Wine Bottle Stoppers Set There’s nothing worse than opening a bottle of wine and not being able to finish it, so the sommelier in your life will certainly appreciate this set of wine bottle stoppers.
—Jamie Allison Sanders, PEOPLE, 29 Nov. 2025
Gabe Klinger’s drama Isabel, about a sommelier who decides to break-away from a domineering boss to set up her own wine bar, is completed as is Gustavo Vinagre and Gurcius Gewdner’s horror picture Flushing about a killer toilet, which has set an as yet unannounced festival premiere.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 28 Nov. 2025
While working at the French Laundry, master sommelier Bobby Stuckey and chef Lachlan Mackinnon-Patterson met.
—Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 19 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sommelier
Noun
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It was launched in 2010 by Bernd Schlacher—who had already made a name for himself with Motto bar (home, for a time, to a young bartender called Helmut Lang)—with an all-day menu of comfort-food favorites and boisterous summer evenings when the canal side becomes one of the buzziest parts of town.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
22 Jan. 2026
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Avalos, the mastermind behind the bar’s menu, has been a bartender for the past 13 years and creates cocktails for Voo Lounge.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
22 Jan. 2026
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Think of a waiter or bartender as a salesperson earning a base salary plus commission — but legally guaranteed the minimum wage, with the opportunity to earn much more in practice from tips.—
Andrew Rigie,
New York Daily News,
2 Jan. 2026
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There were no waiters with tiny hors d’oeuvres.—
David Canfield,
HollywoodReporter,
30 Dec. 2025
Noun
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After leaving school in 1954, Von Däniken worked as a waiter and barkeeper for several years, during which he was repeatedly accused of fraud and served a couple of short stints in prison.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
12 Jan. 2026
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The Florentine entrepreneur Francesco Datini was the son of a barkeep.—
Jessica Winter,
New Yorker,
11 Nov. 2025
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There were only two—the barman who doubled as a grill man looked up at the sound, and an older man turned around from his perch at the bar.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
21 Nov. 2025
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The menu is centered around tataki, sashimi, yakitori, and artisanal cocktails created by barman and co-owner Julien Vézina, who masterfully blends Japanese and Quebec flavors and spirits.—
Pamela MacNaughtan,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
18 Nov. 2025
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“Sommelier.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sommelier. Accessed 23 Jan. 2026.
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