1
: a small drink of distilled liquor
2
: a short-stemmed goblet with a bowl narrowing toward the top
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Aged for 18 months in American oak barrels and savored neat in a snifter, the flavor is soft and buttery with fruity overtones.
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Richard Carleton Hacker, Robb Report, 22 Oct. 2024
Sidle up to the giant slab of black marble at the center and order some caviar and a snifter of Champagne.
—Mark Ellwood, Robb Report, 16 Jan. 2024
But for the ultimate in an elegant sipping tequila, soft as velvet, with sweet essences of pure agave, delicate herbs, and a touch of mint and eucalyptus, Puro Corazón deserves to be slowly savored in the most elegant of crystal snifters.
—Richard Carleton Hacker, Robb Report, 28 Apr. 2023
You’re supposed to have a snifter of some sort.
—Quartz Staff, Quartz, 30 Nov. 2021
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Richard Carleton Hacker, Robb Report, 22 Oct. 2024
Sidle up to the giant slab of black marble at the center and order some caviar and a snifter of Champagne.
—Mark Ellwood, Robb Report, 16 Jan. 2024
But for the ultimate in an elegant sipping tequila, soft as velvet, with sweet essences of pure agave, delicate herbs, and a touch of mint and eucalyptus, Puro Corazón deserves to be slowly savored in the most elegant of crystal snifters.
—Richard Carleton Hacker, Robb Report, 28 Apr. 2023
You’re supposed to have a snifter of some sort.
—Quartz Staff, Quartz, 30 Nov. 2021
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“Snifter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/snifter. Accessed 26 Nov. 2024.
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