Monday, September 19, 2011

What the heck is a "Sommelier?"



A restaurant employee who orders and maintains the wines sold in the restaurant and usually has extensive knowledge about wine and food pairings.
French, from Old French, officer in charge of provisions, pack-animal driver, alteration of *sommerier, from sommier, beast of burden, from Vulgar Latin *saumrius; see summer [A period of fruition, fulfillment, happiness, or beauty.]

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