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 | 25 Apr 2020 | ASI Newsletter
I often end my editorials with a toast to our good health. With the whole world upside down right now, why should we be any different? Let us then start with our santé, a virtual toast to remind us of what really matters right now: health, love, solidarity. We all...
by dev855asiv2 | 26 Mar 2020 | ASI News
De Lores Malin was crowned Best Sommelier of Mauritius 2019 in front of a full house in the magnificent Caudan Art Center in Port Louis. Malin prevailed against 2 other finalists at the August 2019 event: Shani Ramasawmy (runner up) and Jean Devaux (runner up in 2016...
by dev855asiv2 | 26 Mar 2020 | ASI News
The Dutch Guild of Sommeliers (NGS) has undertaken a radical change of management. Several long-standing members are stepping aside to let the younger generation spread its wings: Treasurer Peter Bruins, who helped found the NGS back in 1986; Chairman Edwin Raben, a...
