by dev855asiv2 | 15 Oct 2019 | Homepage, Press releases
Reims, France — The Association de la Sommellerie Internationale (ASI) held its General Assembly in Reims, France on 5 – 6 October 2019. A number of important motions were put to vote and all of them passed unanimously. These included the appointment of a...
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 | 19 Mar 2019 | BSOW19, Press releases
Sommelier from Germany takes the most coveted title in the profession after facing a record number of candidates, through three rounds of fierce competition in Belgium. At the end of a final round where the three top competitors had to show their knowledge of wine and...
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 | 28 Feb 2019 | ASI News, Press releases
We had known it was bound to happen, even if we ignored it and hoped for a miracle. Still, it struck us as a thunderbolt. It is bizarre how you can see things coming for so long and still be shocked when they hit you – like a rabbit frozen in the headlights....
by dev855asiv2 | 20 Oct 2018 | ASI News, Contests, Press releases
An audience of over 800 people saw the thrilling final live in Kyoto Wataru Iwata from Japan became the ASI Best Sommelier of Asia & Oceania 2018, following a thrilling and hard-fought final that concluded three days of competition in Kyoto, Japan. Thanks to this...