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
A.S.I. BordeauxVINEXPO accueille l’assemblée générale de l’Association de la Sommellerie Internationale (ASI) L’Association de la Sommellerie Internationale (ASI) réunira son assemblée générale à l’...
Association de la Sommellerie Professionnelle Italienne ItalyFind the error...In the most recent issue of SommelierS International (n° 125) an error unfortunately appeared amongst the articles about...
Best sommelier of Argentina 2008 Buenos AiresAgustina De Alba, winner of Best sommelier of Argentina 2008 The Argentine Sommelier Association (AAS) announced that Agustina de Alba, a 20 year old...
“Thailand Sommelier of the Year” BangkokMr. Sombat Kaewsan, “Thailand Sommelier of the Year” 2008On 1st August this year, 20 finalists (all Thai nationals) from 5-star establishments around the...
A.S.I. Competition Nagano (Japan) Satoru Mori, is “Japan’s Best Sommelier” 2008 and the Japanese candidate for the world competition in 2010In Nagano on Thursday 9th October at the Metropolitan Hotel...
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