wine steward

And while there is most likely a wine steward, a working knowledge of a wine list is expected.

Frank Carpenter, who recently retired, worked at Augusta for more than 50 years, starting as a waiter and ending up as the wine steward and reputedly a first-class wine buyer.

He started as a pasta maker for Roberto Donna at Galileo, where Valko would eventually become the wine steward overseeing some 1,500 vintages.

He went so far as to become the society’s wine steward.

Chief among them is the sommelier — a well-trained wine steward at a high-class restaurant — who probably doesn’t know you and has only a few minutes to sell you some wine.