It's true that in most people's minds the sommelier is a guy in a penguin suit.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Sommelier With a Sense] Reference

I love exploring the world of wine, and working as a sommelier is a great way to do it.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

But right now, there’s a restaurant in NYC where the head sommelier is clearing out his inventory.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bargains on restaurant wine lists – NYC edition | Dr Vino's wine blog] Reference

A sommelier is a trained wine professional who can recommend wines that will well-accompany the food that is being served.    From Wordnik.com.  [Luxist] Reference

When the good old boy finally figures out that his sommelier is a woman, he will often feel the need to show off his wine erudition.    From Wordnik.com.  [Marlene Rossman: Notes from a Sommeliere -- Pet Peeves] Reference

Needless to say, I am no sommelier which is a trained and knowledgeable wine professional; pronounced so-mall-ee-ay.    From Wordnik.com.  [Women sommeliers and the old boys club « Gender Across Borders] Reference

I recently came across the word "sommelier" while reading Ian McDonald's fine story "The Djinn's Wife," so I consulted Merriam-Webster's.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sommelier on the Half Shell] Reference

Xanthe is a sommelier, meaning she sells expensive wines to people in restaurants.    From Wordnik.com.  [Gawker] Reference

The mere fact that John knew the word "sommelier" made Richard's eyes go half-lidded and wistful.    From Wordnik.com.  [Wraithbait] Reference

"Some people are going to enjoy pulling out their phone and saying, 'I'm going to call my sommelier!'.    From Wordnik.com.  [NYT > Home Page] Reference

Many of the finest restaurants have a "sommelier" on staff, which is the French term for cellar master or wine steward.    From Wordnik.com.  [Luxist] Reference

CNN's sommelier, Rusty Dornin, uncorks this story.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript - Saturday Morning News: 'Cult Wines' Make Impact on Market - May 20, 2000] Reference

The words were interesting to a sommelier, perhaps.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sharon Glassman: My Broken Toe: Unfortunate Injury Or Spiritual Message?] Reference

Don't be intimidated by the sommelier or wine waiter.    From Wordnik.com.  [Marlene Rossman: You Have The Wine List, Now What?] Reference

Undeterred, my friend insisted on calling over the sommelier.    From Wordnik.com.  [Faulty Wine? When to Put a Cork In It] Reference

It was a bit like having a personal sommelier to run the show.    From Wordnik.com.  [T.G.I.M., Really!] Reference

I say yippeekiyay, I'm cow sommelier, I will pair all my grains with.    From Wordnik.com.  [Limericks] Reference

So where were the 10 wine bars, the sommelier, as planned for Georgetown?.    From Wordnik.com.  [With a VIP gala opening, Georgetown's Social Safeway is back on the market] Reference

PETROSKY: Well, my background is a chef, and I'm also a certified sommelier.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Aug 31, 2002] Reference

Again, the wine list particularly impressed, courtesy of sommelier Hans Tuin.    From Wordnik.com.  [Barry Yourgrau: Walking with Joy: Amsterdam] Reference

Of course, you also have to depend on a waiter, or sommelier, to find all this out.    From Wordnik.com.  [Why I Hate Ordering Wine by the Glass] Reference

Three years after I'd given up on being a sommelier she told me I didn't have drive.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bedbugs] Reference

You don't need to follow your dream of being a sommelier, or running a B&B in Vermont.    From Wordnik.com.  [10 Steps To Happiness At Work] Reference

Instead, the sommelier has chosen some more-offbeat offerings from each region of Italy.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Good Life: The Age Of Recovery] Reference

But with the help of the sommelier, we finally settled on an Avanti Syrah from Macedonia.    From Wordnik.com.  [Big Scene, Little Fish: Chic Greek Joins the Park Avenue South Row] Reference

Lufthansa's house sommelier, Markus Del Monego, is using the analysis to help select wines.    From Wordnik.com.  [Seeking High-Altitude Haute Cuisine] Reference

Paola, who cooks, is from Germany; Villiam, an excellent sommelier, is from Emilia-Romagna.    From Wordnik.com.  [Spaghetti malfunction] Reference

And the Cicerone program's kind of the beer world's version of the wine sommelier program now.    From Wordnik.com.  ['Gypsy Brewer' Spreads Craft Beer Gospel] Reference

You feel like you might finally be ready to hold court against the combative advice of the French sommelier.    From Wordnik.com.  [Isabel Cowles: Sustainable Lessons from the Vineyard] Reference

So there I am, in my best ex-sommelier fashion, opening up a bottle of wine and presenting it to my husband.    From Wordnik.com.  [Marlene Rossman: Why I Love Red Burgundy and You Don't] Reference

But customers are happy, he says, because while the sommelier is still making suggestions, the diner feels empowered.    From Wordnik.com.  [WINE: BUT DOES IT DO SOLITAIRE?] Reference

And, of course, they worry about when that dawdling Legends Suite sommelier is showing up with the 1870 Lafite-Rothschild.    From Wordnik.com.  [City Baseball Fans Bare Their Souls] Reference

If this is an important dinner, speak with the manager or sommelier to discuss your dinner plan when you make the reservation.    From Wordnik.com.  [Marlene Rossman: You Have The Wine List, Now What?] Reference

"La Grenouille called me the other day, asking me to help them out over there," said Emile Le Tennier, a longtime captain and sommelier.    From Wordnik.com.  [La C��te Basque 2003: Capote's Backdrop To Fold Its Tent] Reference

"My patrons would laugh me right out of the restaurant if I brought a box over to their table," says James Endicott, a Manhattan sommelier.    From Wordnik.com.  [Boxed Vino Goes Primo] Reference