By Nadia Desiderio, Sommelier, Belcanto Lisbon is a city best discovered one table, and one glass, at a time. Its dining scene moves effortlessly between Michelin-starred temples of gastronomy, lively neighbourhood taverns and contemporary restaurants that reinterpret Portugal’s extraordinary culinary…
Editor’s Note: This article was originally published in ASI Magazine, Issue No. 1. It is republished here as part of our ongoing effort to preserve and celebrate some of the magazine’s most enduring stories. Please note that the positions, affiliations,…
This conversation with Alejandra Ried & Paz Levinson was originally published in ASI MAG Issue #1, February 2022. Editor’s Note: Following the ASI Best Sommelier of the Americas held in Santiago, Chile in 2022, we were inspired to create…
In this article, ASI has a ‘Nat Chat’ with Pascaline Lepeltier MS (Meilleur Ouvrier de France en Sommellerie, Best French Sommelier 2018, 4th place ASI Contest Best Sommelier of the World 2023, co-owner, Chambers, New York City), Joseph DiGrigoli (Wine…
India has long been described as a sleeping giant in the world of wine. That framing feels increasingly outdated. What is unfolding today is not a market waiting to be awakened, but one that is already on an upward trajectory,…
Since the launch of the ASI Diploma in 2012, the Association de la Sommellerie Internationale has steadily built one of the wine and hospitality world’s most inclusive and globally relevant systems of professional benchmarking. What began as a top-level qualification…
Benjamin Hasko and Doug Frost are 2 of 5 people ever to achieve both the titles of Master Sommelier and Master of Wine,
Rediscovering Persian wine culture with Samira Kakh Samira Kakh was born and raised in Iran, a country where the culture of wine is ancient, complex, and largely unspoken in modern life. Today, she is building a future in wine in…
