by Claire MONNIER | 14 Apr 2021 | ASI Partners
In a recent ASI poll, ASI asked 10 top somms from around the world what tool they rely on most. The answer was universal: the corkscrew. Château Laguiole, the world’s benchmark for professional corkscrews, is launching a new product line worthy of today’s...
by Claire MONNIER | 14 Apr 2021 | ASI Partners
It is no coincidence that Chef&Sommelier has been an ASI partner for more than 10 years! The sommelier profession is a job for enthusiasts, the type of people willing to call wine the love of their lives. The sommelier’s role, of course, is service:...
by Claire MONNIER | 14 Apr 2021 | ASI News
Even as the sommellerie loves to honor tradition, working sommeliers spend their days (and nights!) addressing and accommodating an endless stream of new technologies. Winemaking methods, inventory and commercial tracking systems, even the very stemware used to serve...
by Claire MONNIER | 14 Apr 2021 | ASI News
After heading the Rhone Valley Wine Interprofessional laboratory, Stéphane Vidal joined Vinventions in 2007. Stéphane was first leading their global academic program to understand wine science and the influence of oxygen permeating through the closure on wine...
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...