The word "connoisseurs" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to describe someone who has a great deal of knowledge and expertise about a certain type of thing, such as art, wine, food, etc. Example sentence: Those wine connoisseurs could identify the vintage with just one sip.
By opening up these backwaters, there is a danger Frank could earn the enmity of the very pop connoisseurs it hopes to attract.
For connoisseurs of such cock-ups, the misattribution will perhaps be most reminiscent of East Germany's 1956 blunder in issuing a Robert Schumann stamp with a score in the background that happened to be by Schubert.
Separately, the list has come under attack from Occupy 50 Best, an online campaign describing itself as "We, the culinary connoisseurs of all countries and creeds: cooks, critics or simply lovers of Good Food".
Yet connoisseurs of performance art are probably already saying: "Meh, seen it all before".
Loutish, low-rent, taste-free, commercial … There are no end of insults, some justified, some pure snobbery, that supposed connoisseurs of food and drink like to throw its way.
The LA times spoke to connoisseurs who called it "a narcotic" not a food, and there are not one, but two annual festivals in its honour: the Salo Festival in Poltava which takes place every February and With Love To Salo, held in Lutsk in September.
Today, connoisseurs of both sexes discuss the merits of different brands with an earnestness which was previously reserved for fine wines.
He became a "musician's musician", beloved by connoisseurs but unknown to the public.
Whether connoisseurs take to Diageo's unashamedly modern, industrial-scale product is yet to be tested.
The football connoisseurs in the stands ascribed the victory to the team's goalie, Christian Lassen, a 28-year-old former intern at the Danish embassy.
Mr Wawrinka has given brief joy to connoisseurs of tennis's most delightful shot, but one title does not a trend make.Note: We were unable to find out whether Kerry Reid, winner of the women's Australian Open in January 1977, and Chris O'Neil, winner of the same event in 1978, played one- or two-handed backhands.
