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oenophile

 

oenophile ("OH-nee-uh-file'" or "oh'-nee-uh-FYLE") n.

origin: from the French French "[oe]nophile",
from Greek "oinos", meaning "wine" + "-phile" (lover of)

1. A lover or connoisseur of wine

"As every oenophile knows, Bill Clinton did not serve Californian
wine at his inauguration. He served Atlas Spumante, which comes
from St. Mary's Mountain on the southern slopes of the Ozarks.
The winery there, in the north-west corner os Arkansas, is the
oldest and largest in the south-central United States."

-- The Economist, "Ch¿teau Ozark" (January 22, 1999)

"We wanted to meet Mansoor -- a dandy who dresses all in black,
a gourmet, an oenophile, and an entrepreneur -- not only because
he is famously convivial but also because he is interesting on
the subject of how large, older companies will fare in the
Internet era."

--Jason Pontin in "The Red Herring" magazine (January 1999)
(commenting on founder & CEO of 2Bridge, Inc., Mansoor Zakaria.)