Word List Sommelier 295 words

Sommelier Vocabulary Word List (295)

• A

  acceptance, access, accolades, accompany, acidity, adhere, Advanced Sommelier Exam, aficionado, age-branding, aging, alcohol, allure, amount, amplification, appellation, appropriate, aroma, attributes, availability

• B

  balance, bar, barrels, base wine, beverage, blend, blind tasting, Bordeaux, bottling, bouquet, bracing, brand, brisk, bubbles

• C

  Cabernet, case, cash flow, cask, cave, certification, chardonnay, chateau, chemistry, chilled, choices, client, collection, color, commercial, competition, complex, component, confidence, connoisseur, consistency, consume, consumer, consumption, content, convert, cork, corkage, courses

• D

  decade, decant, delicious, designation, designation, detect, development, diploma, discerning, disgorge, distill, district, dry

• E

  education, element, elixir, enhance, enology, enophile, enthusiast, error, evaluate, evaporation, exalt, exceptional, excess, expansive, expectation, expensive, expert, expertise

• F

  fermentation, filter, flavor, foil, fortify, fraction, fruity, full-bodied

• G

  generic, gifted, glasses, global, gourmet, grape vines, grapes, grower

• H

  harvest, healthy, hearty, hillside, history

• I

  identification, importance, influence, inhale, interpret, interpretation

• J

  joy, juice

• K

  keen, knack, knowledge

• L

  label, lavish, limited edition, liquid, liter

• M

  majority, mark-up, market, marketing, Master Sommelier, mellow, memorable, mentor, merit, merlot, moderation

• N

  name, native, nature, negotiant, nuance

• O

  oak, oenology, oenophile, optional, osmosis

• P

  packaging, palate, patrons, peak, percent, Pinot noir, planting, plentiful, popularity, pour, praise, premium, preparation, press, prestigious, primary, private-label, producer, production, professional pickers, prominent, property, proprietary, protection, prowess, prune, purchase, purist, pursue

• Q

  quaff, quality, quantity, query, quest, questions

• R

  rack, reasoning, recommendation, regions, reliability, renown, requirement, research, reserve, residual, restaurant, restriction, reveal, ripe, ripen, ritual, room temperature, rotate, rustic

• S

  sample, sauterne, Sauvignon blanc/gris, savory, second-tier, sediment, selection, sensitivity, sensory, shears, Shiraz, showcase, sip, skin, smooth, snob, soil, solution, sommelier, source, sparkling, spicy, spoilage, spritzy, stage, stomp, store, study, subject, sublime, subtle, succulent, sugar, suggest, superior, surplus, Syrah

• T

  tannin, tart, taste, taster, tasting, technique, temperature, texture, theme, thirst, tier, tourism, tweak

• U

  ubiquitous, unchilled, uncork, under-appreciated, uniform, unique, universal, unsubtle

• V

  value, valve, varietal, varieties, verdant, version, vibrant, vines, vineyard, vineyard, viniculture, vinify, vinous, vintage, Vitis labrusca, Vitis vinifera

• W

  wages, weather, weight, wine cellar, winemaker, winery, winner, withstand

• X

• Y

  yeast, yield

• Z

  zest, Zinfandel, zing, zip, zone