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a professional who tastes wine so you can pretend you knew what you were ordering.
means a trained wine expert who curates, pairs, and serves wine, usually in restaurants or for collectors.
from from old french sommelier, a royal court official in charge of provisions and transport, tracing back to latin sagma, a pack-saddle for beasts of burden.
exam pass ratemaster sommelier exam has under 10 percent pass rate
blind tastingcan identify grape, region, and vintage blind
court originsmedieval sommeliers guarded the king against poison
for instance
aldo sohm — le bernardin's longtime wine director, new york
madeline puckette — co-founder of wine folly, popularized wine education online