by dev855asiv2 | 28 Dec 2018 | ASI News, Regional competitions
Sersa, the Serbian Sommelier Association, organized the first Balkan Sommelier Challenge in Belgrade, Serbia, on November 9-11. 19 candidates from 10 Balkan countries took part, as well as two guest candidates from Norway and Sweden. The winner was Vuk Vuletić, from...
by dev855asiv2 | 28 Dec 2018 | ASI News, Regional competitions
On September 24, a jury presided by Andrés Rosberg selected the 2018 Best Sommelier of the Baltic States, Ronalds Pētersons, from Latvia, who had previously won the title in 2013. Runners-up were Martynas Pravilonis from Lithuania and Ketri Leis from Estonia. The...
by dev855asiv2 | 28 Dec 2018 | ASI News, Regional competitions
The Nordic Sommelier Championship 2018 took place in Oslo on September 15-16 with ASI president Andrés Rosberg taking part as a member of the jury. Congratulations to the winner and Best Nordic Sommelier 2018, Francesco Marzola from Norway (and Italy). Runners-up...
by dev855asiv2 | 6 Nov 2018 | ASI News, National competitions
32 year-old sommelier Jo Wessels won the South African Sommelier Association’s title of Best Sommelier in South Africa for 2018, in September, after competing in the finals with runners up Jean Vincent Rindon and Joakim Blackadder. This is the fourth award of the year...
by dev855asiv2 | 6 Nov 2018 | ASI News
Aiming for the world title Recently crowned Best Sommelier of Asia and Oceania, 29 year-old Wataru Iwata lives in Kyoto, Japan, where he works as a sommelier in Wine Bar Cave de K. Wataru passed his ASI Sommelier Diploma in 2016, and then went on to win the title of...
by dev855asiv2 | 6 Nov 2018 | ASI News
Master Sommelier Nicolas Clerc has over 17 years of experience in the restaurant and wine trade, having started his career in 2000 in his native France, at the Michelin-starred Restaurant La Barbacane, in Carcassonne. After moving to England, Clerc was named UK...
