oenophile
(US enophile)
/ˈiːnə(ʊ)fʌɪl/
noun
A connoisseur of wines.
Origin
1930s: from Greek oinos ‘wine’ + -phile.
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According to the dictionary, it took until the 1930s for oenophiles to develop. Apparently, before that, people just enjoyed drinking the best wine they could find and spoke about it in their local language.
