by Claire MONNIER | 13 May 2021 | ASI News
Sommelier Union Austria – 9th International Wine Barrel Racing Event The international sommelier community is invited to join the Sommelier Union Austria in June 2021 for a day of fun at the 9th International Wine Barrel Racing Event on the Neusiedlersee...
by Claire MONNIER | 3 May 2021 | ASI News
It is with great pleasure ASI announces 38 new ASI Diploma graduates. Hosting of the 2021 examination was carried out in 12 countries. This year’s examination was extremely complicated as the ASI Exam Committee was given the task of guaranteeing a fair and equitable...
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 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...
