Cyprus Explores Local Wine History … online

Cyprus Explores Local Wine History … online

Cyprus, which has been hosting live webinars on the wines, grape varieties and wine regions of Cyprus. The sessions have been led by a rotating series of hosts, including Georgios Kassianos (president), Marcos Zambartas (winemaker), Sotiris Neophytidis (sommelier) and...
ASI Gold Partners Panel Sessions Kicks Off on 18 May

ASI Gold Partners Panel Sessions Kicks Off on 18 May

ASI’s partner program has proven a fantastic platform for bringing working sommeliers and prestigious producers together to share stories. With sommeliers around the world obliged to stay home, these chances to meet face to face are limited this year. The modern world...
Pouring Themselves into the Fight against COVID-19

Pouring Themselves into the Fight against COVID-19

Samuil Angelov, Deputy Treasurer and former president of Finland’s Suomen Sommelierit Ry, laid out the stakes with remarkable clarity: “The main thing for me is holding onto my staff and continuing being able to give them jobs. The sommelier profession in...
Switzerland

Switzerland

Switzerland has elected its candidate for the ASI Best Sommelier of Europe & Africa 2020. Reza Nahaboo, who works as a sommelier instructor at Glion Institute of Higher Education, will be representing Switzerland in Cyprus in November.
Lithuania

Lithuania

The Lithuanian Sommelier Association has chosen its candidate for the ASI Best Sommelier of Europe and Africa contest: Martynas Pravilonis, who finished 4th in Antwerp last year. Pravilonis is a two-time winner of the Best Sommelier of the Baltics competition as well...