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Association de la Sommellerie Internationale
The Association de la Sommellerie Internationale is the world’s preeminent global advocate for the needs of the modern sommelier.
Since 1969
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“ASI was a little bit like the European Union in the beginning, today it is more like the United Nations.”-Markus Del Monego (ASI Best Sommelier of the World 1998)
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2023
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May-June
Certification 1
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4th-5th July 2023 (+5-6th July Wine Symposium held by Finnish Sommelier Association)
GA, Helsinki, Finland
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October-November
Certification 2
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29th October- 1st November 2023
Bootcamp Americas, Quito, Ecuador
2024
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22nd-24th February 2024
GA, Monaco
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4th March 2024
ASI Diploma exam
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10th-15th November 2024
Best Sommelier Europe & Africa 2024, Belgrade, Serbia
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Tbc
Bootcamp Europe and Africa 2024
To come 2025 & 2026 TBC
Best Sommelier Americas
Best Sommelier Asia & Oceania
Bootcamp Asia & Oceania
Best Sommelier of the World
Cape Town GA May 2025
News & Events
Check out the latest ASI news, as well as updates in the world of sommellerie!
What a journey it has been! Years of preparation, a week of tests and several minutes on stage… 🤩 and in front of 4 thousand people in attendance and 3 thousand watching the final live online!
The past week flew by with the speed of a tornado, there were many happy moments, exciting challenges, a lot of learning and great wine shared! 🥂
We would like to take a moment to celebrate our new champion – Raimonds Tomsons, as well as the other finalists: Nina Jensen and Reeze Choi, but also all our sommeliers who joined us on our adventure! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Thanks to @udsfsom for hosting this memorable competition, we are sure it will stay in our memories forever! 🇫🇷
Our deepest gratitude to the ASI Technical Committee, organization team and our remarkable international team of volunteers for their efforts in making this a truly memorable contest! 🍷
We appreciate our partners, whose support made it possible for this event to take place. 🤝
Stay tuned for all our next adventures – ASI exams, continental contests, and who knows – maybe we will see you on stage in Portugal for the ASI Best Sommelier of the World 2026! 😉
Photo credit @ ASI/ HRVPROD
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And the winner is … Raimonds Tomsons!🥇
The ASI Best Sommelier of the World 2023 is Raimonds Tomsons representing Latvia 🇱🇻 It’s Raimonds’ second final in a row, what a great achievement! Bravo 👏🏻 @raimonds.tomsons
Raimonds will join the hall of fame of ASI Champions, many of whom were present to witness his victory today. 🤩
We would like to congratulate the other finalists Reeze Choi from China and Nina Jensen from Denmark. We admire your courage, dedication, and professionalism! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 @reeze_the_sommbie @vonjensen
And now – time to celebrate! 🥳🥂
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We present to you the semi-finalists of the ASI Best Sommelier of the World 2023: the 17 sommeliers who will continue their battle for the title! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
In no particular order:
🇦🇷Valeria Gamper (Argentina) @valeriagamper
🇦🇹Suvad Zlatic (Austria) @suwi_zlatic
🇧🇪Tom Ieven (Belgium) @tomieven_sommelier
🇨🇳Reeze Choi (China) @reeze_the_sommbie
🇨🇾Sotiris Neofytidis (Cyprus) @neophytidis
🇩🇰Nina Jensen (Denmark) @vonjensen
🇫🇷Pascaline Lepeltier (France) @pascalinelepeltier
🇮🇸Manuel Schembri (Iceland) @manuelschembri_somm
🇯🇵Wataru Iwata (Japan) @ohmochi0422
🇱🇻Raimonds Tomsons (Latvia) @raimonds.tomsons
🇲🇾Chuan Ann Tan (Malaysia) @chuanann
🇳🇴Francesco Marzola (Norway) @somm_nordic_champ_2018
🇳🇿Andrea Martinisi (New Zealand) @andreamartinisi
🇿🇦Jo Wessels (South Africa) @winojo
🇨🇭Reza Nahaboo (Switzerland) @rezainsomm
🇹🇼Kai-Wen Lu (Taiwan) @lu__kevin
🇺🇸Mark Guillaudeau (USA) @dcsommurai
Congratulations to the semi-finalists and have a good night’s rest! Tomorrow is the semi-final, which will happen behind closed doors. We will not know the names of the finalists until it is announced live during the livestream on Sunday, February 12th, link in bio – don’t miss the final! 🎥😉
Let’s take a moment to applaud all the candidates – it takes a lot of time, motivation, and passion for the profession of sommellerie for them to be where they all are now! 🥂👏🏻🥂
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