maître de chai
/ˌmeɪtrə də ˈʃeɪ/ /ˌmɛtrə də ˈʃeɪ/(also maître de chais) Winemaking
noun
Chiefly in France, especially Bordeaux: the cellar-master on an estate.
Origin
1950s. From French maître de chai, lit. ‘master of the cellar’ from maître overseer + de + chai, †chais wine storehouse, a western (probably originally Poitevin) form perhaps related to quai.
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