EXAMS

The ASI examination program ‘challenges’ sommeliers to put into practice the knowledge gained in the ‘Learn’ stage. As such, it fills the gap between a sommelier’s formal learning and their subsequent entry into the international competitions (‘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, know-how and well-being of sommeliers and harmonize their level worldwide. To date, 549 sommeliers have successfully qualified for the Diploma, becoming ASI Sommeliers and marking themselves as part of the elite of international sommellerie.

The ASI Certification 1 & 2 exams, by contrast, were launched in 2021.
467 candidates representing 41nationalities sat the ASI Certification 1.
327 achieved the required 65% passing graduating as ASI Certification 1 recipients.

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.

Please contact your national sommelier association for more details and registration.

The ASI Certification 2 exams are expected to take place in November 2023.

Three levels, three audiences

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

* Certification 1 tests the basic international knowledge of aspiring sommeliers.
* 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. All ASI exams are outcome based assessments.

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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.

ASI Diploma

The ASI Diploma is offered in French, English or Spanish, and leads to three levels of qualification: Bronze, Silver and Gold.

ASI AGENDA

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Agenda EN

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