by dev855asiv2 | 25 Apr 2020 | ASI News
Planning continues apace for the upcoming ASI Best Sommelier of Europe and Africa contest in Cyprus. The Cyprus national association has now opened up online registration; any countries that have already elected their candidates should apply now! [maxbutton...
by dev855asiv2 | 25 Apr 2020 | ASI Diploma, ASI News
The ASI Diploma exams were successfully held on March 2, 2020. Fourteen different national sommelier organizations administered the exams to 76 candidates in all, including both a written exam and oral/practical tests. This represented a 12% year-on-year rise in...
by dev855asiv2 | 25 Apr 2020 | ASI News
Samuil Angelov, Deputy Treasurer and former president of Finland’s Suomen Sommelierit Ry, laid out the stakes with remarkable clarity: “The main thing for me is holding onto my staff and continuing being able to give them jobs. The sommelier profession in...
by dev855asiv2 | 26 Mar 2020 | ASI Partners
Trapiche has earned Wine Enthusiast’s “2019 New World Winery of the Year Award” at the magazine’s prestigious Wine Star Gala. For Gustavo Sampayo, CEO of Trapiche, the award marks an important milestone: “It is a great honor to achieve such an important recognition....
by dev855asiv2 | 26 Mar 2020 | ASI News
Julie Dupouy-Young, the third-place finisher at the 2016 Best Sommelier of the World contest, will succeed Oliver Murtagh as president of the Irish Guild of Sommeliers. The decision was taken at an IGS meeting on 10 March. “I am delighted to take on this new...