by dev855asiv2 | 24 Mar 2019 | ASI News
For one winner, in this latest Best Sommelier of the World contest, there are 65 candidates who don’t make it there. Impressions and reactions from the semi-finalists and other candidates are quite a mix, from thrill to disappointment. But everyone who participated...
by dev855asiv2 | 24 Mar 2019 | ASI News, BSOW19, Contests, Press releases
2019 ASI Best Sommelier of the World The audience of over 1,000 people cheered, laughed and applauded loudly during a stellar performance by Marc Almert, the candidate from Germany and sommelier at the Baur au Lac Hotel in Zurich, Switzerland, as he went through test...
by dev855asiv2 | 24 Mar 2019 | ASI News, BSOW19
On Friday, March 15, after a week of highly demanding, hotly disputed competition in Antwerp, Belgium, a young man of 27, Marc Almert, from Germany, became the 16th person in the world to hold the title of Best Sommelier of the World. In the finals, he was joined by...
by dev855asiv2 | 7 Mar 2019 | ASI News, Press releases
ASI is very proud to announce a new, two-year partnership with Ningxia’s Helan Mountain Eastern Slope wine region in China, one of China’s fastest growing and best-established high quality wine producing regions, which will be host to the 2020 ASI Annual...
by dev855asiv2 | 7 Mar 2019 | ASI News, BSOW19
Every three years, since its founding in 1969, the Association de la Sommellerie Internationale has been organizing a major event: the ASI Best Sommelier of the World contest. It is a celebration of sommellerie, hard work, talent and camaraderie that brings the best...
by dev855asiv2 | 7 Mar 2019 | ASI News
Davide Dargenio, Best Sommelier of Italy 2018 Davide Dargenio is 29 years young, but he has been working as a sommelier for 10 years already. Becoming Best Sommelier of Italy in 2018 was his best result, but not his first competition, since he previously took 2nd and...
