Wine Captain

Jun 22, 2018 1 Replies

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cruciverbalist 8 years ago

I know this is a really trivial question but what the heck. Can the term wine *captain* be used as a synonym for sommelier? I know wine

*steward* can. But captain? Yes, I tried Google but found nothing definitive; but then maybe I'm just not adept at Google. ;-)

Thanks all, Jack

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DaleW 8 years ago

Not really a phrase you tend to hear any more (just as you don't have captains on the wait floor), but I do think it was used as an equivalent phrase, back when they didn't want patrons to have to encounter French words. :)

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