wine expert
Trained palate professional
A wine expert is someone with deep knowledge of wine—its production, varieties, regions, and tasting.
The term covers professionals like sommeliers and critics as well as serious enthusiasts.
Wine experts can identify grape varieties, vintages, and origins by taste, and recommend pairings with food: We asked the wine expert which bottle would go best with the lamb.
- sommelierTrained wine service professional
- connoisseurExpert in matters of taste
- blind tastingUnlabeled sample assessment
- tastingSampling for flavor
- cellarUnderground storage room
vineyard · palate · bouquet · tasting notes · vintage · decanter · cork · terroir · old world · new world · aroma · swirl · notes · aged · barrel · grape · chateau · critic
- food expertsfood critic, gastronome, gourmet, epicure, gourmand
- enthusiastsenthusiasts, fans, devotee, enthusiast, buff
- trendsetterstrendsetter, trendsetters, influencer, fashionistas, style icons
- regional expertsregional director, local guide, local historian, regional planner, geographer
wine expertcasual drinker
One who drinks sparingly
amateur · neophyte · layperson · know-nothing · dilettante
wine expertteetotaler
Complete abstainer from liquor
abstainer · non-drinker · prohibitionist · temperance advocate · recovering alcoholic
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