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Sommelier, the Glossary

A sommelier (or or), or wine steward, is a trained and knowledgeable wine professional, normally working in fine restaurants, who specializes in all aspects of wine service as well as wine and food pairing.^[1]

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American National Standards Institute

The American National Standards Institute (ANSI) is a private nonprofit organization that oversees the development of voluntary consensus standards for products, services, processes, systems, and personnel in the United States.

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Association de la Sommellerie Internationale

The Association de la Sommellerie Internationale is a nonprofit organization founded in Reims in 1969 to develop and promote the sommelier profession around the world.

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Bachelor's degree

A bachelor's degree (from Medieval Latin baccalaureus) or baccalaureate (from Modern Latin baccalaureatus) is an undergraduate degree awarded by colleges and universities upon completion of a course of study lasting three to six years (depending on institution and academic discipline).

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Barista

A barista ("bartender") is a person, usually a coffeehouse employee, who prepares and serves espresso-based coffee drinks and other beverages. Sommelier and barista are food services occupations.

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Beer

Beer is an alcoholic beverage produced by the brewing and fermentation of starches from cereal grains—most commonly malted barley, although wheat, maize (corn), rice, and oats are also used.

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Beer sommelier

A beer sommelier, also known as a cicerone in the United States, is a trained professional, working in the hospitality and alcoholic beverage industry, who specializes in the service and knowledge of beer, similar to a traditional wine sommelier. Sommelier and beer sommelier are Bartending, food services occupations and sommeliers.

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Chef de cuisine

A chef de cuisine (French for head of kitchen) or head chef is a chef that leads a kitchen and its cooks.

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Cocktail

A cocktail is a mixed drink, usually alcoholic.

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Colorado Department of Higher Education

The Colorado Department of Higher Education (DHE) is the principal department of the Colorado state government responsible for implementing the policies of the Colorado Commission on Higher Education (CCHE).

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Confrérie des Chevaliers du Tastevin

The Confrérie des Chevaliers du Tastevin (French for 'Fraternity of Knights of the Wine-Tasters' Cup') is an exclusive Bacchanalian fraternity of Burgundy wine connoisseurs.

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Court of Master Sommeliers

The Court of Master Sommeliers (CMS) is an educational organisation established in 1977 to encourage improved standards of beverage service by sommeliers, particularly in wine and food pairing. Sommelier and Court of Master Sommeliers are food services occupations.

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Customer

In sales, commerce, and economics, a customer (sometimes known as a client, buyer, or purchaser) is the recipient of a good, service, product, or an idea, obtained from a seller, vendor, or supplier via a financial transaction or an exchange for money or some other valuable consideration.

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France

France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe.

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French language

French (français,, or langue française,, or by some speakers) is a Romance language of the Indo-European family.

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Haute cuisine

Haute cuisine or grande cuisine is a style of cooking characterised by meticulous preparation, elaborate presentation, and the use of high quality ingredients.

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Italian Sommelier Association

Italian Sommelier Association, 'AIS' (Associazione Italiana Sommelier, sometimes also as known as Italian Association of Sommeliers) is an Italian non-profit organization founded in Milan on July 7, 1965, officially recognised and legally acknowledged by the Italian government on April 6, 1973, - WSA / AIS Affiliation with formal President of the Republic decree #539 in 1973. Sommelier and Italian Sommelier Association are food services occupations.

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Late Latin

Late Latin is the scholarly name for the form of Literary Latin of late antiquity.

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Liquor

Liquor or distilled beverage is an alcoholic drink produced by the distillation of grains, fruits, vegetables, or sugar that have already gone through alcoholic fermentation.

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List of wine professionals

Sections are arranged from cultivation through processing, starting from vineyards to consumption advised by sommeliers.

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Los Angeles

Los Angeles, often referred to by its initials L.A., is the most populous city in the U.S. state of California.

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Master of Wine

Master of Wine (MW) is a qualification (not an academic degree) issued by The Institute of Masters of Wine in the United Kingdom.

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Middle French

Middle French (moyen français) is a historical division of the French language that covers the period from the mid-14th to the early 17th century.

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Mineral water

Mineral water is water from a mineral spring that contains various minerals, such as salts and sulfur compounds.

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Oenology

Oenology (also enology) is the science and study of wine and winemaking.

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Old Occitan

Old Occitan (Modern Occitan, occità antic), also called Old Provençal, was the earliest form of the Occitano-Romance languages, as attested in writings dating from the eighth through the fourteenth centuries.

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Pack animal

A pack animal, also known as a sumpter animal or beast of burden, is an individual or type of working animal used by humans as means of transporting materials by attaching them so their weight bears on the animal's back, in contrast to draft animals which pull loads but do not carry them.

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Paris

Paris is the capital and largest city of France.

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Postgraduate education

Postgraduate education, graduate education, or graduate school consists of academic or professional degrees, certificates, diplomas, or other qualifications usually pursued by post-secondary students who have earned an undergraduate (bachelor's) degree.

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Restaurant

A restaurant is a business that prepares and serves food and drinks to customers.

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Sake

Sake,, or saki, also referred to as Japanese rice wine, is an alcoholic beverage of Japanese origin made by fermenting rice that has been polished to remove the bran.

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Soft drink

A soft drink (see § Terminology for other names) is any water-based flavored drink, usually but not necessarily carbonated, and typically including added sweetener.

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Tobacco

Tobacco is the common name of several plants in the genus Nicotiana of the family Solanaceae, and the general term for any product prepared from the cured leaves of these plants.

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Waiting staff

Waiting staff (BrE), waiters / waitresses, or servers (AmE) are those who work at a restaurant, a diner, or a bar and sometimes in private homes, attending to customers by supplying them with food and drink as requested. Sommelier and Waiting staff are food services occupations.

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Wine

Wine is an alcoholic drink made from fermented fruit.

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Wine & Spirit Education Trust

The Wine & Spirit Education Trust, often referred to as WSET, is a global organization which arranges courses and exams in the fields of wine, spirits, beer, and sake.

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Wine accessory

Wine accessories are things that may be used in the storage or serving of wine.

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Wine and food pairing

Wine and food matching is the process of pairing food dishes with wine to enhance the dining experience.

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Wine and Spirit Trade Association

The Wine and Spirit Trade Association (WSTA) is a British trade association for the wine and spirits industry, representing over 300 companies producing, importing and selling wines and spirits in the United Kingdom.

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Winemaker

A winemaker or vintner is a person engaged in winemaking.

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Worshipful Company of Vintners

The Worshipful Company of Vintners, one of the Great Twelve City Livery Companies, retains close links with the wine trade.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sommelier

Also known as Coffee sommelier, Milk sommelier, North American Sommelier Association, Sake sommelier, Somelier, Somellier, Sommelier's, Sommelière, Sommeliers, Sommellier, Water sommelier, Wine Butler, Wine sommelier, Wine steward.

Sommelier, the Glossary

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See also

Bartending

Sommeliers

Wine culture

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