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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Cool piece Chris! When people tell me that being a sommelier is "so cool!" I love to inform them that the job of the sommelier originally came out of the fact that someone had to taste the king's food/wine and make sure that he wasn't being poisoned. If the sommelier remains alive then the King is all good.
Today we stand in air conditioned rooms and tell ghost stories! Thank God!
NICE, I was kinda grooving on the "summer" thing! Goes to show what people find interesting ☺
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