He had been dreaming about it since 2019 when he finished at the 3rd place of the competition in Antwerp, Raimonds Tomsons did it and became, on February 12th in Paris the 17th World's Best Sommelier. Although the French country, which organises the competition, came in large numbers to support its candidate Pascaline Lepeltier, it was on the 4th step that the sommelier lost out to the 3 finalists: Raimonds Tomsons, Best Sommelier of Europe 2017, Latvia, Nina Jensen, Denmark, both already finalists in the 2019 World Competition, and Reeze Choi, China. Candidates under pressure The ASI... Read more
Eight candidates sat the tests in Paris. A very first that shows the interest of the professionals for this diploma that already has an international reputation. Six years after the creation of...
After a few months of hard work by both the ASI P.R., Communications and Marketing Committee and the Board, ASI is finally pleased to present the final logo, approved by its members. Voting for a...
Lendl Mijnhijmer of Restaurant TwentySeven has recently won the Dutch Championship for Sommeliers, the Trophée Henriot, at the Leerhotel het Klooster in Amersfoort. During a grand gala dinner that...
Aged 30, Quebecker joins his compatriots Ghislain Caron, Elyse Lambert and Véronique Rivest on the list of winners of a challenge that confirms the advent of North- and South-American sommeliers with...
Thirty-nine candidates participated in the selection organized in Paris, and although the favourites are among the semifinalists, some feminine surprises appear. They will all meet again on September...
In mid-November, Serbian Sommelier Association (SERSA) organized the 7th National Sommelier Competition in Belgrade and the winner was Vuk Vuletić, 26-year-old sommelier from Belgrade. Contest was...