Article Contributed by François Marchal, Nous Sommeliers After earning the titles of Best Sommelier of Québec, Canada and the Americas over the past three years, Joris Gutierrez Garcia is now preparing to take on the greatest challenge of his career:…
Kenya has reached a milestone in its sommellerie journey, with Soraiya Ladak winning the country’s inaugural Best Sommelier Contest and earning the opportunity to become its first representative at the ASI Best Sommelier of the World contest. Organised by the…
by Joseph Mounayer Joseph Mounayer is a leading figure in Lebanese sommellerie and a driving force behind the Sommeliers Academy Lebanon. Through education and mentorship, he is helping develop a new generation of internationally certified Lebanese wine professionals. I believe…
In our first instalment of ASI Magazine’s Road to Lisbon series, 2023 ASI Best Sommelier of the World Raimonds Tomsons looks back at the mindset, discipline and humanity behind his title-winning performance in Paris and explains why it is important…
In my glass today are wines that even just fifteen years ago I might have dismissed without trying or certainly sipped with a hint of hesitation and mistrust. I came up of age in a wine world defined by certainty. The benchmarks were clear and widely agreed upon. A South Australia Shiraz prized…
The passing of Armand Melkonian on April 1st marked the end of a chapter that few in the profession today have truly witnessed, yet all of us have inherited. In 1969, when Melkonian stood atop the podium at the ASI…
