by dev855asiv2 | 7 Mar 2019 | ASI News
It was in front of a record crowd that Henrik Dahl Jahnsen won the 2019 Palmer Norwegian Sommelier Championship, after a set of tests that included wine pairings with Norwegian dishes, identifying a set of sweet wines, making cocktails and showing their knowledge of...
by dev855asiv2 | 7 Mar 2019 | ASI News
The United States marked a return to major international competitions with the Best USA Sommelier competition that took place on February 4 and 5 in Kansas City, organized by the Best USA Sommelier Association, a non-profit organization led by Doug Frost MS MW. Dustin...
by dev855asiv2 | 7 Mar 2019 | ASI News
Barry Schofield was nominated as the new chairman of the South African Sommelier Association at the January General Assembly, replacing Higgo Jacobs, who stepped down after three years as chairman. Board members David Clarke and Tinashe Nyamodoku also stepped down,...
by dev855asiv2 | 28 Feb 2019 | Gerard Basset
In January 2013, I was invited to discover the wines of British Columbia and Ontario, in Canada, and I was lucky enough to be with Gérard on this wine trip. I’d known him professionally, before, but not personally. After this trip, we became quite close and worked...
by dev855asiv2 | 28 Feb 2019 | Gerard Basset
In 1994 or 1996, I don’t remember exactly, we had a reunion with a bunch of crazy sommeliers from different nationalities at the first Hotel du Vin in Winchester, Hampshire, which is about a 90-minute drive southwest of of London, in the countryside. I think we were...
