by Claire MONNIER | 14 Apr 2021 | ASI News
Manuel Negrete, 28, serves on the ASI Marketing Team as social media assistant and translator of the ASI newsletter into Spanish. He was also active in the Mexican Sommeliers Association during the Marcos Flores Tlalpan presidency (2016-2019), acting as their...
by Claire MONNIER | 14 Apr 2021 | ASI News
Robert Joseph has never been a sommelier — in the real meaning of the word, but he did serve wine in his parent’s restaurant in the south of England, which is where he fell under the spell of the product and learned to respect everyone involved in it....
by Claire MONNIER | 14 Apr 2021 | ASI News
While April is a popular month for milestones in ASI’s history, one in particular deserves special mention. It was 2010, Chile and Gérard Basset had just won the ASI World’s Best Sommelier Contest. Michèle Chantôme asked Nina Basset to share her memories with...
by Claire MONNIER | 14 Apr 2021 | ASI Partners
Trapiche recently opened a wine bar called Estación 83 in the gardens of its historical winery (founded in 1883). Built from a refurbished freight train car once used to transport the harvested grapes, ‘Estación 83’ is docked at the Trapiche winery in Maipú, Mendoza....
by Claire MONNIER | 14 Apr 2021 | ASI Partners
Today Miguel and Mireia are continuing the work of four generations of a family dedicated to quality wines and brandies while adapting to new challenges like climatic change. Miguel embodies a forward-looking legacy. Under his leadership, the family’s wines have...