Instead, he returned to this country and became one of a growing legion of wine consultants.

In the past, "wine consultant" was something of a generic label, used by everybody from salesmen seeking respectability to writers looking for work.

The emerging influence of wine consultants grows out of changes sweeping over the American culinary landscape.

The frenzy shows no sign of abating, and some wine consultants say a patient investor can still make a good return.

Her father, a retired radiologist, is now a wine consultant in Scarsdale.

Mr. Wellington continued to work as a wine consultant until shortly before he died.

Her father retired as a wine consultant.

Mount Eden does not employ one of the hot, attention-getting wine consultants.

Though it seemed to him a natural fit to pair the two, he suspected a wine consultant might not agree.

As with many wine consultants, he aims to show people a good time and teach them something in the process.