EXAMS

The ASI examination program ‘challenges’ sommeliers to activate the knowledge gained in the ‘Learn’ stage. As such, it fills the gap in between a sommelier’s formal learning and their subsequent entry into international competition (‘Compete’ ) stage of their career.

Sommellerie is a skilled trade that requires deep knowledge of many different fields, including tasting, wine culture, food and wine pairing, oenology, viticulture, alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages, and much more, often alongside a mastery of foreign languages.

History and eligibility //

The ASI Sommelier Diploma was created in 2012 to promote the overall education, well-being of sommeliers and harmonize their level worldwide. To date, over 400 ASI Sommeliers have successfully completed the Diploma, marking themselves as part of the elite of international sommellerie.

The ASI Certification 1 & 2 programs, by contrast, are brand new. In December 2021, 242 candidates representing 29 nationalities sat the first ever ASI Certification 1 exam. It was later announced that 171 achieved the required 65% passing mark, making them the first recipients of the ASI Certification 1.

The exams are open to sommeliers or future / aspiring sommeliers studying or working in the oeno-gastronomic world (restaurants, wine bars, wine merchants, distribution…) according to the official OIV definition.

The launch of ASI Certification level 2 is expected in 2023.

Three levels, three audiences

The three levels of the examination program are aimed at sommeliers at various stages of their careers:

* Certification level 1 tests the basic knowledge of aspiring sommeliers on the international stage.
* Certification 2 builds on these expectations and also tests the skills required of a sommelier in an international environment.
* The ASI Sommelier Diploma certifies the highest levels of skills and knowledge required of international sommeliers and professionals in the restaurant-hotel sector

The three levels build on one another, although it is not necessary to have acquired level 1 before taking level 2, or either Certification before the Diploma exam.

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Certification 1

ASI Certification 1 assesses whether a prospective sommelier has mastered the core international knowledge required for this profession.

Certification 2

ASI Certification 2 tests whether candidates possess the set of skills required to practice the profession in an international environment.

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All upcoming ASI events and important dates.

ASI AGENDA

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2023

May-June

Certification 1
4th-5th July 2023 (+5-6th July Wine Symposium held by Finnish Sommelier Association)

GA, Helsinki, Finland
October-November

Certification 2
29th October- 1st November 2023

Bootcamp Americas, Quito, Ecuador