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The Association de la Sommellerie Internationale is the world’s preeminent global advocate for the needs of the modern sommelier.
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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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2022
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5-6 July 2022
ASI General Assembly, Nagoya, Japan
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11-14 SEPTEMBER 2022
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7-11 NOVEMBER 2022
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21 NOVEMBER 2022
2023
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7-12 FEBRUARY 2023
ASI Contest Best Sommelier of the World, Paris, France
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13 MARCH 2023
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MAY / JUNE 2023 (*EXACT DATES TO BE CONFIRMED)
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OCTOBER / NOVEMBER 2023 (*EXACT DATES TO BE CONFIRMED)
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4-5 JULY 2023
ASI General Assembly, Helsinki, Finland
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NOVEMBER 2023
News & Events
Check out the latest ASI news, as well as updates in the world of sommellerie!
This Sunday we celebrate Cabernet Franc! 🍇 Mostly widespread in the Loire Valley and Bordeaux wine regions, the grape is in the top 20 planted grape varieties in the world! How much do you know about it? Discover our key facts below:
🔸 Cabernet Franc originates from the Basque country in Pyrénées, near the border between France and Spain.
🔸 This robust variety is the parent of many famous grapes: Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, and Carmenere!
🔸 It tends to be lower in tannins and acidity than Cabernet Sauvignon. It is typically not as full bodied but is more aromatic.
🔸 This variety is planted at around 45,000 ha worldwide, including 36,000 ha in France. Aquitaine has more than half of the planted areas, followed by the Loire Valley (Bourgueil, Chinon, Saint-Nicolas-de-Bourgueil, or Saumur-Champigny…), next are: Italy (Tuscany, Friuli, Veneto) and the United States (Napa Valley, Central Coast, Columbia Valley, New York).
🔸 Amongst many names, Cabernet Franc is called Bouchet in the Saint-Émilion vineyard, Bouchy in central Gascony and Breton in Touraine.
🔸 The famous Château Cheval Blanc is around 60% of Cabernet Franc, which is an exception even for the Right Bank Bordeaux, since Merlot is usually dominating the blend here.
Are you going to raise your glass of Cabernet Franc today? For sure we will! Please share your tasting notes with us in comments! 🍷
#asisomms #asibestsomm #cabernetfranc #loirevalleywine #bordeauxwine #wine #sommelier #winelove
Partner news 🤝
Graham’s Port recently launched its Bicentenary Collection: a limited-edition cabinet containing 12 historic ports, carefully selected by the third, fourth and fifth generations of the Symington family in celebration of Graham’s Bicentenary in 2020.
This stunning collection comprises of six classic Vintage Ports – including the iconic 1963; the 1970 which was the Symington family’s first vintage since acquiring Graham´s; and the celebrated 2011. There are also six exceptional Single Harvest Tawnies – including the 2000 and 2006, which have never been released from the family’s cellars before.
Meticulously designed in partnership with Portuguese master-joiners, WeWood, the cabinet is made from fine-grained Santos Rosewood. It also contains a hand-blown decanter and wine glasses from Jancis Robinson MW, a Durand corkscrew, and a specially commissioned decanting funnel from silversmiths, Ourivesaria Coutinho.
Only 30 made-to-order editions will be produced.
Graham's Port
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Wine region: Negotin, Serbia 🇷🇸
Did you know that the former Yugoslavia was among the top 10 world wine producing countries? 😲 Unfortunately, the production started to decline after the breakup of Yugoslavia. But since the 2000s Serbian wine industry has shown significant growth (70,000 ha) with a focus towards quality wines (35% of the production). 👌 Distinguished by numerous awards at international exhibitions🏆, one sub-region has been long well-known for its great wines, both in the past and nowadays… Negotin!
Located at the border with Romanian in eastern Serbia, it is part of the most important wine region in Timok Valley. Negotin wines date back to the Roman period and bacame famous during phylloxera crisis becoming the significant wine exporter for France, Germany and Russia. Wine merchants from Bordeaux 🇫🇷 were attracted by high tannins, sugar and alcohol, suitable for blending with other wines.
Surrounded by mountains and rivers, the region has a very favorable climate. The large water surface of the Danube River intensifies the effects of the sun and softens extreme temperature fluctuations in the winter. On the sandy soils of this area, mostly red grapes are grown 🍇: Cabernet Sauvignon, Prokupac, black Burgundy and Gamet. Well-known white grapes are Bagrina, Italian Riesling (also known as Welschriesling, but actually not connected to Riesling at all), Sauvignon blanc, Smederevka and Semillon. Crna (Black) Tamjanika, an autochthonous varieties of Muscat, has also been preserved.
If you are traveling to Serbia, we recommend you to drop by this wonderful wine route of authentic “pimnice” - meaning wine cellars. They are unique towns made of stone in which, as locals say, “are not inhabited by people but by the wine”. Would you love to discover it? 🍷
SERSA - Serbian Sommelier Association
Learn more about Serbian wine history: urlz.fr/jYvP
#asisomms #asibestsomms #asiwineregion #sommelier #wine #winestudent #serbia #serbianwine #negotin #timok
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