

What is a Sommelier, anyway?
When I told my mom and dad that I was going to take my love for wine into a more formal direction and become a sommelier (pronounced: sohm-ma-lee-yeah), they exchanged looks that I read as 1) does this mean she is going to buy MORE wine then she already does and 2) what the heck is a sommelier? According to Karen MacNeil, she explains the definition as “The French Term for a wine steward” and goes on to state that many US sommeliers prefer to use the term wine steward as the