There were wine brokers, realtors, an individual who described himself as a foundation attempting to erect monuments to prominent business executives, and several portfolio managers.

He stayed with M. Wainstein, a wine broker.

The chamber invested licensed wine brokers in Bordeaux with the task of selecting and classifying the wines to be shown in Paris.

The word gourmet is from the French term for a wine broker or taste-vin employed by a wine dealer.

Her father, John, was a wine broker and her mother, Carol, was variously a nurse, gun dog trainer and air stewardess.

The wine broker in Bordeaux, who prowls the cold damp cellars trying to guess what the raw young wines will be like in another 10 years, is a true taster.

The wine brokers were neither viticulturalists nor enologists; they were businessmen, and they based their ratings on past prices of the wines.

The wine brokers who made the classifications were able to find four first growths among the reds; they came up with 11 Sauternes.

Bill Turrentine, a wine broker, wrote: "Great ad!

Lissa Welchel, 32, a wine broker in Miami, said the more she learned about the strain the more worried she became.