by Claire MONNIER | 16 Dec 2021 | ASI News
On December 1st, Sommelier Ivan Jug from Zagreb won the 24th Croatian Sommelier Championship organized by the Croatian Sommelier Club, at a contest held at the Palace Bellevue Hotel in Opatija. Previously, Ivan Jug was named the best sommelier in 2018 and...
by Claire MONNIER | 16 Dec 2021 | ASI News
Ronald Binati, President of SOMLAY, the Malaysian sommelier association, is pleased to announce Peter Teng as the winner of the Malaysia Best Sommelier Champion 2021. Mr. Teng was crowned champion after a 2-day competition held on November 24th and 25th in Kuala...
by Claire MONNIER | 16 Dec 2021 | ASI News
The Monegasque Sommeliers Association held its twenty-ninth prestigious Gala on Friday December 3, 2021 in the salons of the Méridien Beach Plaza in Monte-Carlo, in the presence of HSH Prince Albert II of Monaco. The dinner, a tribute to Auguste Escoffier, brought...
by Claire MONNIER | 15 Dec 2021 | ASI News
At the recent ASI Contest Best Sommelier of Europe & Africa, ASI was joined by a film crew from BBC Studios. The collaboration between the two parties in the development of a promotional video for the purposes of building a documentary series on ASI sommeliers’...
by Claire MONNIER | 15 Dec 2021 | ASI News
ASI made a bold statement last year. 2021 was to be the “Year of the Sommelier”. In hindsight, suggesting a year plagued with the continued unsureness of a global pandemic to be our year might have been brash. While COVID placed continued strain on our industry,...