sommelier

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Recent Examples of sommelier Pepino’s sommelier and wine curator Lucas Lanci is creating a program of natural California and South American wines, a well as a small selection of Peruvian and local beers. Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Oct. 2025 Sara Jimenez, sommelier and owner of Somm in the City agrees. Elliott Harrell, Southern Living, 11 Oct. 2025 In the dining cars, rotating menus spotlight regional specialties and seasonal ingredients—think oxtail stew from Córdoba, Jabugo ham, and manchego drizzled with local honey, paired with Spanish wines and sherries curated by a sommelier. AFAR Media, 8 Oct. 2025 Meals are served per bungalow to your tastes but don’t forget to take a tour of the Dilmah Tea factory and experience an in-depth tasting with a tea sommelier or sumptuous high tea before heading back to Colombo. Alissa Fitzgerald, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for sommelier
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sommelier
Noun
  • Rothbauer, the bartender, sighs.
    Elisabeth Garber-Paul, Rolling Stone, 5 Nov. 2025
  • Jason’s cousin Chris Hahn is a bartender at SUR and has been living in Los Angeles for three years.
    Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 3 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Shawnie Russell, a 22-year-old waiter at a diner in an adjacent town, said the singer’s ICE lyric hit close to home.
    Tyler Kingkade, NBC news, 31 Oct. 2025
  • Someone has to dive for it — either you, a tablemate who is nearer, or a waiter.
    Judith Martin, Mercury News, 29 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • While staying in the iconic Savoy Hotel, Cinnamon visits their famed American bar where a bartender tells her the story of Ada Coleman, the bar's first female barkeep, who's responsible for most of its renowned menu.
    Lizz Schumer, People.com, 2 Aug. 2025
  • The cast includes Andrew Scott as Richard Rodgers, Simon Delaney as Oscar Hammerstein, Cillian Sullivan as Stephen Sondheim, and Bobby Cannavale as the charming barkeep trying not to serve Lorenz too much, or at all.
    Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 29 July 2025
Noun
  • If the barmen is found guilty, they could be sentenced to seven to 15 years in prison, according to the Vietnamese central government.
    Escher Walcott, PEOPLE, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Inspired by English poet Lord Byron, the bar serves cocktails curated by Aman Venice’s head barman and award-winning mixologist Antonio Ferrara.
    Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2025

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“Sommelier.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sommelier. Accessed 18 Nov. 2025.

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