Sommellerie Morocco
ASMA :
Sommeliers Association of Morocco
Morocco is the first country of the African continent asking for A.S.I. membership for its Sommeliers Association.
ASMA, the Sommeliers Association of Morocco, was launched on March 5th, 2012, by twenty professional sommeliers from Morocco gathered by their president, Michèle Aström Chantôme.
It is a very important event for Morocco where vineyards have existed for more than 2,500 years, which is a very welcoming country with a great tradition of hospitality. Top tourism has been developing for years and the Moroccan food is more and more appreciated. The Moroccan people are also discovering the French and International gastronomy…
ASMA intends to help the restaurateurs as a sommelier has a key role with the clients. That is why the first goal of this new association is education and training with a special committee conducted by Manuel Schott, Head-sommelier of La Mamounia.
ASMA is a non-profit association. No business! All its members are volunteers. Only passion is guiding them. A sponsoring policy will be run by Boris-Romain Bille, sommelier-restaurateur at La Bazenne, Casablanca, to help with the logistics.
As the wine producers will be their supporters, ASMA has already organized a special event at Vinitaly: a tasting run by our friends from ASPI, Giuseppe Vaccarini, Alberto Merico and Piero Sattanino, which gathered all the best wines of Morocco.
In order to meet its goals in the best way, ASMA is already asking for membership within the A.S.I. hoping that the 55 associations around the world will be supporting Morocco.
It will be also a premiere for A.S.I. to welcome the first ever African Association of sommeliers.
The structure of the ASMA
PresidentMichèle Aström Chantôme
Membre du Bureau de l’A.S.I. (Association de la Sommellerie Internationale).
Responsable de la Commission Relations Publiques, Communication & Marketing A.S.I.
BoardSecrétaire général: Manuel Schott, chef-sommelier, La Mamounia, Marrakech.
Secrétaire général adjoint: Ayoub El Fougani,
chef-sommelier, Le Royal Mansour, Marrakech.
Trésorier: Jérémy Vanbreugel, sommelier-conseil,
Ebertec, Casablanca.
Trésorier adjoint: Anas Lmimouni, La Mamounia, Marrakech.
CommissionsMarketing & Communication: Boris Bille, sommelier-restaurateur, La Bazenne, Casablanca, et Michèle Chantôme.
Formation & Concours: Manuel Schott et Michèle Chantôme. Avec Nicolas Chain (Ebertec, Casablanca), Mehdi Touhami (Grand Sud Import, Casablanca), Federico Colombo (Four Seasons Marrakech), Guilhem Bérart (Royal Mansour, Marrakech),
Clubs Le Club des Amis de l’ASMA: Mohammed Majdi, ingénieur agro-alimentaire, et Thierry Collard, sommelier, Rabat.
Le Club des Supporteurs (CHR) de l’ASMA : Olivia Faller, sommelier-conseil (Grand Sud Import Casablanca) et Nicolas Chain, sommelier-conseil (Ebertec, Casablanca)
Le Club des partenaires Silver et Gold de l’ASMA: Boris Bille avec les responsables du Club des supporteurs.
The founding active professional membersAround Michèle Aström Chantôme, president:
Rachid ACHLHAK, La Mamounia, Marrakech
David BEDIER, Bistrot Chic, Casablanca
Guilhem BERART, Royal Mansour, Marrakech
Boris Romain BILLE, A la Bazenne, Casablanca
Nicolas CHAIN, Ebertec, Casablanca
Thierry COLLARD, Le Grand Comptoir, Rabat
Federico COLOMBO, Four Seasons, Marrakech
Ayoub EL FOUGANI, Royal Mansour, Marrakech
Said EZZIDI, Four Seasons, Marrakech
Olivia FALLER, Grand Sud Import, Casablanca
Anas LMIMOUNI, La Mamounia, Marrakech
Manuel SCHOTT, La Mamounia, Marrakech
Xavier SOUNDRON, La Sultana, Marrakech
Mehdi TOUHAMI, Grand Sud Import, Casablanca
Jérémy VANBREUGEL, Ebertec, Casablanca
Jakaria WAHBI, La Mamounia, Marrakech
The program of the ASMA
For the benefit of its professional members, of its friend members and supporters, but also of the general public, the ASMA is planning various operations:
- Training in the service of drinks - Technique and choice of equipment.
- Seminars and tasting workshops with leading sommeliers and producers of Morocco, but also from abroad.
- Introduction to wine and food pairing by Chefs and sommeliers.
- Visits at producers of the Kingdom and elsewhere.
- Invitation to trade shows.
- Preparation of a sommelier who would represent Morocco at the A.S. I. Contest of the Best Sommelier of the World.
- Organization of an annual Gala Dinner in a prestigious place.
- Creation of training grants.
- Implementation of a Sommelier Diploma.
- Organizing a Contest of the Best Emerging Sommelier of Morocco
- Promotion of products of the Moroccan terroir abroad.
The public will therefore have the opportunity to participate:
- Every month in a themed tasting, in different cities of the Kingdom.
- Twice a year in a visit to the vineyard
- Once a year in the Gala Dinner of the Sommeliers.
And this is only the beginning! We shall communicate the schedule of events as soon as it is set up.
ContactASMA
michelechantome@gmail.com
chaisboris@gmail.com,
lasommellerie@mamounia.com
