ASI Certification took place on Friday December 10th. As part of ASI’s continuing efforts to encourage and support a new generation of sommeliers in developing their professional skills and education – and offer them steppingstone qualifications towards the ASI Diploma – the ASI Exam Committee has introduced two additional levels of certification: ASI Certification 1 and ASI Certification 2. In this inaugural examination, the ASI Certification 1 will cover a wide spectrum of international knowledge and professional skills needed by a junior / assistant sommelier to perform their duties comfortably in most environments.