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...
by dev855asiv2 | 28 Feb 2019 | Gerard Basset
There are so many stories about Gérard, but when I think of them, so many seem to combine the three key elements of his character: his gentleness and generosity, his curiosity and eagerness to learn, and of course, his intense need to test himself and to climb ever...
by dev855asiv2 | 31 Jan 2019 | ASI News
Ivan Jug – Best Sommelier of Croatia 2018 Ivan is a sommelier, manager and co-owner at Zagreb restaurant Noel. Even though he was professionally trained as a chef, he has ben working as a sommelier since 2009. He likes to say that it wasn’t a choice, it just happened...
by dev855asiv2 | 31 Jan 2019 | ASI News
Austria Andreas Jechsmayr, an Upper Austria native who works as a sommelier at the Landhotel Forsthof in Sierning, captured the title of Best Sommelier of Austria on November 5, 2018, in front of some 200 people. Jechsmayr, who has been competing in national and...
by dev855asiv2 | 31 Jan 2019 | ASI News
ASI has made a significant change to the ASI Sommelier Diploma that will make it more accessible to sommeliers around the world. Starting this year there will be three levels to the Diploma: Bronze, Silver and Gold. Up to now, sommeliers had to take their exam in a...
