Africa, breaking out on the Sommelier world stage

Africa, breaking out on the Sommelier world stage

The sommelier profession is constantly gaining ground everywhere around the world, and Africa is no exception. Three associations are growing and becoming more active, and encouraging new ones to emerge as well – a fairly rapid development if you consider that the...
Speeding up

Speeding up

What a year this has been, so far – and we’re not even halfway through. Last January we signed a ground breaking agreement with the wine producing province of Ningxia, in China: they became a major partner of ASI, and will host our annual meeting next year. A few days...
Questionnaire for the ASI Diploma exam 2019

Questionnaire for the ASI Diploma exam 2019

To give you an idea, what kind of questions had to be answered to pass the ASI Diploma 2019, we publish a few of them here. Are these vine pathologies caused by a virus, a bacteria or a fungus? Oïdium (Powdery Mildew) Mildew (Downy Mildew) Mildiou ESCA, Etypa Leafroll...