How to Use sommelier in a Sentence

sommelier

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  • There’s not much for a sommelier to say about a wine like this.
    — Lettie Teague, WSJ, 23 Nov. 2022
  • The staff double as sommeliers, and stock the in-suite cellars based on guests’ favourite blends.
    — Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 May 2018
  • One of the things sommeliers love most, besides wine, are maps.
    — Dahlia Ghabour, The Courier-Journal, 7 Oct. 2019
  • Sake for the Season Courtney Kaplan is one of the top sake sommeliers in the West.
    — Sunset Magazine, 26 Sep. 2024
  • The governor told French sommeliers — in Paris — that Virginia wines are the best in the world.
    — Washington Post, 10 Jan. 2018
  • The sommelier pried out the ancient cork in one piece and a few fragments and poured a splash in my glass.
    — Garrison Keillor, Harper's magazine, 22 July 2019
  • Then the waiter comes by with…oh God, is that an in-house sommelier?
    — Stephanie McNeal, Glamour, 30 Jan. 2024
  • Many sommeliers know to keep a tool on hand for extracting the corks from old bottles.
    — Hannah Selinger, wsj.com, 29 Sep. 2023
  • At fast-fine places, there are no waiters, no hosts, no sommeliers.
    — James Surowiecki, Bon Appetit, 30 Oct. 2017
  • Want to have dinner next to keynote chefs and sommeliers?
    — Megan Spurrell, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Mar. 2018
  • While kids play, the parents can indulge in a wine tour led by a sommelier down at one of the 16 spa treatment rooms.
    — Dania Lucero Ortiz, Town & Country, 30 Aug. 2023
  • Just as sommeliers come in all shapes and attitudes, so do the podcasts of the Guild of Sommeliers.
    — Mike Dunne, sacbee, 14 Mar. 2018
  • From there, Picked will pair you with a sommelier to curate six bottles just for you.
    — Will Franke, Peoplemag, 7 Feb. 2023
  • Now here's a subscription that'll teach you how to drink like a sommelier.
    — Lauren Hubbard, Town & Country, 24 Nov. 2022
  • John Jonna, a sommelier and cheese expert, has been in the wine business for more than 40 years.
    — Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 24 Jan. 2018
  • Similar to a flute but with a wider bowl and rim, the tulip is a favorite among many sommeliers and champagne houses.
    — Lauren Hubbard, Town & Country, 21 Dec. 2018
  • This will likely be a three to four-hour tasting menu with an intimate group of eight to 10 guests led by the chef and sommelier.
    — Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 27 Feb. 2023
  • Marcos Lima, 51, a high-end sommelier in Rio de Janeiro, came down with covid-19 in May.
    — Washington Post, 28 Sep. 2020
  • An Arizona man, Dakota, was one of the first men sent home — the sommelier wasn't able to impress Jenn during Week 1.
    — Dina Kaur, The Arizona Republic, 29 July 2024
  • The new restaurant struggled to find its footing at first and has since settled down with a full-time chef and sommelier.
    — Liza B. Zimmerman, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2023
  • The lead sommelier and server has worked at Che Fico since 2018.
    — Elena Kadvany, San Francisco Chronicle, 14 July 2022
  • For those who do not want to absorb the details, aid is easy to come by, namely from good merchants and sommeliers, even wine critics.
    — The New York Times News Service Syndicate, The Denver Post, 28 Dec. 2019
  • As a sommelier at SingleThread restaurant, booze is part of her job.
    — Esther Mobley, SFChronicle.com, 11 Jan. 2021
  • Chief Brand Officer De Vivo says weed testing isn’t far off from the process of wine sommeliers.
    — Lindsey Bartlett, Forbes, 20 Apr. 2023
  • Part of the Cleveland food scene for years, Keenan worked as a sommelier before opening her own business in 2017.
    — cleveland, 3 Dec. 2020
  • And luck is that the resident sommelier knows him and has the clout to set up a rendezvous later that afternoon.
    — Oddur Thorisson, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Feb. 2018
  • Two years later, Alpana Singh, a master sommelier, became the face of the show.
    — Nick Kindelsperger, chicagotribune.com, 25 Aug. 2021
  • Etinosa Emokpae is a sommelier at the Walnut Street Café.
    — Craig Laban, Philly.com, 10 May 2018
  • But the film gets across the amount of esoteric knowledge required for those who want to be master sommeliers.
    — John Defore, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Mar. 2020
  • That video moves on to a series of side-by-side comparisons, showcasing visual improvements so small even the snootiest of graphics sommeliers would need a magnifying glass to pick out.
    — Michael Irving, New Atlas, 10 Sep. 2024

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