Found on a T-shirt: Sonoma makes wine... Napa makes auto parts... They wouldn't be tooting their own horn about their award-winning wine and vineyard, now would they? naaaaaaaaaaaaahhh..... |
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technical term: oenophile EE-nuh-file (noun) - A lover or connoisseur of wine. From a recent Word-A-Day newsletter: The word "wine" goes back to Latin "vinum," and is also a distant relative of the Greek word for wine, "oinos." It was the Greek word that modern English speakers chose to combine with "-phile" (Greek for "lover of") around 1930 to create "oenophile." Additionally, the words "oenology" (the science of wine making) and "oenologist" (one versed in oenology) also trace back to the Greek root. And of course "wine therapy" (use of wine for therapeutic purposes) is also known as "oenotherapy." |
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