{"id":4390,"date":"2026-09-14T11:02:17","date_gmt":"2026-09-14T10:02:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/magazine.asi.info\/?p=4390"},"modified":"2026-09-14T11:03:47","modified_gmt":"2026-09-14T10:03:47","slug":"une-legende-de-la-sommellerie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/magazine.asi.info\/?p=4390&lang=fr","title":{"rendered":"Une l\u00e9gende de la sommellerie"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">Pour Philippe Faure-Brac, repr\u00e9senter la France au Concours ASI du Meilleur Sommelier du Monde 1992, \u00e0 Rio de Janeiro, signifiait porter un h\u00e9ritage d\u2019excellence. Sa victoire \u00e0 Rio lui a pos\u00e9 un autre d\u00e9fi : comment \u00eatre \u00e0 la hauteur du titre de Meilleur Sommelier du Monde ASI dans un pays o\u00f9 le vin et l\u2019hospitalit\u00e9 font partie de la culture ? Un pays o\u00f9 la sommellerie n\u2019est pas simplement un m\u00e9tier, mais une profession profond\u00e9ment respect\u00e9e.<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">Seul dans la salle d\u2019isolement avant la finale de 1992 \u00e0 Rio de Janeiro, Philippe Faure-Brac re\u00e7oit une longue carte des vins et une quantit\u00e9 consid\u00e9rable d\u2019informations \u00e0 \u00e9tudier. Il les parcourt, puis referme les documents. Apr\u00e8s pr\u00e8s de dix ans de pr\u00e9paration, il lui faut autre chose qu\u2019une connaissance suppl\u00e9mentaire pour monter sur sc\u00e8ne.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4384\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4384\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-4384\" src=\"https:\/\/magazine.asi.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Philippe-Faure-Brac_1992-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/magazine.asi.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Philippe-Faure-Brac_1992-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/magazine.asi.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Philippe-Faure-Brac_1992-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/magazine.asi.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Philippe-Faure-Brac_1992-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/magazine.asi.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Philippe-Faure-Brac_1992-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/magazine.asi.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Philippe-Faure-Brac_1992-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4384\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Philippe Faure-Brac (right) took home the title in 1992. A fourth consecutive victory for French sommeliers.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">\u00ab J\u2019ai pens\u00e9 \u00e0 ma fille, qui venait de na\u00eetre ; \u00e0 mon grand-p\u00e8re, qui m\u2019avait inspir\u00e9 et qui \u00e9tait d\u00e9c\u00e9d\u00e9 peu de temps auparavant ; \u00e0 ma famille ; et \u00e0 toutes les personnes de mon \u00e9quipe \u00e0 Paris qui me soutenaient \u00bb, se souvient-il.<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">Il s\u2019adosse alors au mur. \u00ab Maintenant, quand on est dos au mur, il faut avancer \u00bb, se dit-il. Il fait un pas en avant dans la pi\u00e8ce avant de sortir affronter la finale. \u00ab Ce fut un moment incroyablement fort, parce qu\u2019il m\u2019a permis de vraiment me concentrer, puis de monter sur sc\u00e8ne pour la finale et de donner tout ce que j\u2019avais \u00e0 donner. \u00bb<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">La pression s\u2019\u00e9tait accumul\u00e9e bien avant Rio. La France avait remport\u00e9 les trois titres mondiaux pr\u00e9c\u00e9dents : Jean-Luc Poutot en 1983, Jean-Claude Jambon en 1986 et Serge Dubs en 1989. Faure-Brac concourait pour lui-m\u00eame, mais on attendait aussi de lui qu\u2019il prolonge cette remarquable s\u00e9rie de victoires fran\u00e7aises.<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">\u00ab Repr\u00e9senter la France rev\u00eat toujours une certaine importance dans un concours de sommellerie, dit-il. J\u2019ai donc ressenti une pression suppl\u00e9mentaire pour que la couronne reste en France, ou du moins pour tout faire afin d\u2019y parvenir. Cela m\u2019a \u00e9norm\u00e9ment motiv\u00e9 tout au long de ma pr\u00e9paration et pendant le concours lui-m\u00eame. Je voulais aider la France \u00e0 remporter une quatri\u00e8me victoire cons\u00e9cutive, ce qui s\u2019est finalement produit. \u00bb<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">Il d\u00e9crit avec nuance le poids de cette attente. \u00ab \u00catre Fran\u00e7ais, c\u2019\u00e9tait presque une mission ou un h\u00e9ritage. Cela ne me donnait aucun privil\u00e8ge, mais cela renfor\u00e7ait mon d\u00e9sir de bien faire et de repr\u00e9senter dignement mon pays et la profession. \u00bb<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">Pour Faure-Brac, la pr\u00e9paration \u00e9tait devenue \u00ab un peu obsessionnelle \u00bb. Il travaillait depuis pr\u00e8s de dix ans en vue de ce moment et savait que la finale l\u2019obligerait \u00e0 puiser dans tout ce qu\u2019il avait appris. Pourtant, il garde le souvenir d\u2019une prestation marqu\u00e9e par l\u2019aisance plut\u00f4t que par la tension. \u00ab Je me sentais chez moi, \u00e0 l\u2019aise. J\u2019ai pris du plaisir et j\u2019ai pu en donner au public. \u00bb<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">Ce sentiment renvoie au principe qui guide encore sa conception de la sommellerie. \u00ab Je crois que c\u2019est cela, notre profession. Il s\u2019agit de prendre plaisir \u00e0 ce que nous faisons pour pouvoir transmettre ce plaisir aux autres. Notre m\u00e9tier consiste \u00e0 vraiment \u00e9couter les clients afin de leur r\u00e9pondre de mani\u00e8re appropri\u00e9e et de les rendre heureux. \u00bb<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">La victoire a chang\u00e9 le regard que les autres portaient sur lui. Elle a aussi chang\u00e9 leurs attentes. \u00ab Il y a certainement eu un avant et un apr\u00e8s, dit-il. Nous continuons \u00e0 grandir et \u00e0 \u00e9voluer, mais le regard des autres change. La pression est permanente. \u00bb<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">Il formule cette responsabilit\u00e9 plus nettement encore : \u00ab On ne peut gagner ce concours qu\u2019une seule fois dans sa vie, mais il faut \u00eatre \u00e0 la hauteur du titre chaque jour. \u00bb Pour lui, cela signifie rester inform\u00e9 et curieux, et continuer \u00e0 partager ses connaissances.<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">Le changement s\u2019est imm\u00e9diatement fait sentir dans son restaurant parisien, Le Bistrot du Sommelier. Lors de la conf\u00e9rence de presse qui a suivi le concours, on lui a demand\u00e9 ce qu\u2019il ferait en premier \u00e0 son retour \u00e0 Paris. Faure-Brac a r\u00e9pondu : \u00ab Je vais acheter des chaises suppl\u00e9mentaires pour mon restaurant. \u00bb La remarque a fait rire, mais la fr\u00e9quentation du restaurant a bel et bien augment\u00e9. Les sollicitations aussi. La radio, la t\u00e9l\u00e9vision, les livres et l\u2019enseignement sont venus \u00e9largir une vie professionnelle qui d\u00e9passait d\u00e9sormais largement le service en salle. Plus de 30 ans apr\u00e8s, il dit recevoir encore chaque jour des propositions pour participer \u00e0 de nouvelles activit\u00e9s.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4382\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4382\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-4382\" src=\"https:\/\/magazine.asi.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/8.02-Meilleur-sommelier-du-monde-23-202-1024x573.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"573\" srcset=\"https:\/\/magazine.asi.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/8.02-Meilleur-sommelier-du-monde-23-202-1024x573.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/magazine.asi.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/8.02-Meilleur-sommelier-du-monde-23-202-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/magazine.asi.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/8.02-Meilleur-sommelier-du-monde-23-202-768x430.jpg 768w, https:\/\/magazine.asi.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/8.02-Meilleur-sommelier-du-monde-23-202-1536x860.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/magazine.asi.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/8.02-Meilleur-sommelier-du-monde-23-202-2048x1147.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4382\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">For Faure-Brac hosting the ASI Contest Best Sommelier of the World in 2023 was about showcasing French hospitality to the world.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">En 2023, le Concours ASI du Meilleur Sommelier du Monde est revenu en France, avec Faure-Brac dans le r\u00f4le d\u2019h\u00f4te. Le champion accueillait d\u00e9sormais bien plus qu\u2019un concours : l\u2019\u00e9v\u00e9nement offrait une immersion dans ce que l\u2019hospitalit\u00e9 parisienne avait de meilleur. Il \u00e9tait alors pr\u00e9sident de l\u2019Union de la Sommellerie Fran\u00e7aise. Accueillir une telle manifestation s\u2019accompagnait d\u2019attentes particuli\u00e8res pour le pays h\u00f4te. Ce n\u2019\u00e9tait que la deuxi\u00e8me fois que la France organisait le concours, et l\u2019ambition \u00e9tait d\u2019en faire la plus grande \u00e9dition de son histoire.<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">\u00ab Nous voulions accueillir le monde entier comme il m\u00e9ritait de l\u2019\u00eatre \u00bb, explique-t-il. Des milliers de personnes ont assist\u00e9 \u00e0 la finale \u00e0 Paris La D\u00e9fense Arena et \u00e0 la victoire du Letton Raimonds Tomsons. Faure-Brac y a vu quelque chose de plus grand : \u00ab Par-dessus tout, ils ont assist\u00e9 \u00e0 une victoire de la sommellerie elle-m\u00eame. C\u2019\u00e9tait une c\u00e9l\u00e9bration de la profession et une occasion de la faire d\u00e9couvrir \u00e0 un public beaucoup plus large que d\u2019habitude. \u00bb<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">Le cadre \u00e9tait grandiose, mais, pour lui, la v\u00e9ritable mesure du succ\u00e8s restait l\u2019hospitalit\u00e9. \u00ab Nous avons accueilli le monde avec \u00e9norm\u00e9ment d\u2019enthousiasme et de fiert\u00e9, mais aussi avec humilit\u00e9 et un v\u00e9ritable esprit d\u2019hospitalit\u00e9. Nous voulions vraiment que les gens se sentent \u00e0 l\u2019aise. \u00bb Candidats, finalistes et organisateurs avaient chacun un r\u00f4le diff\u00e9rent, souligne-t-il, mais tous appartenaient \u00e0 la m\u00eame famille de la sommellerie.<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">Cette vision nourrit \u00e9galement les conseils qu\u2019il donne aux candidats d\u2019aujourd\u2019hui. Le travail et la ma\u00eetrise technique demeurent essentiels, d\u2019autant que la profession englobe d\u00e9sormais davantage de boissons, de langues et de fa\u00e7ons de servir qu\u2019en 1992. Mais chaque candidat doit aussi aller \u00e0 la rencontre des personnes qui se trouvent devant lui. \u00ab Ils doivent imaginer qu\u2019ils travaillent dans leur propre restaurant. Les autres candidats sont leurs coll\u00e8gues, et les juges, les d\u00e9l\u00e9gations pr\u00e9sentes et le public sont leurs clients, chacun avec ses attentes et sa personnalit\u00e9. \u00bb<\/p>\n<p>Le champion fran\u00e7ais qui s\u2019\u00e9tait autrefois senti investi de la mission de conserver la couronne en France parle aujourd\u2019hui surtout de rendre la profession plus accessible. Lorsqu\u2019on lui demande comment il aimerait que l\u2019on se souvienne de lui, il ne commence ni par Rio ni par Paris. \u00ab J\u2019aimerais que les gens se souviennent que j\u2019\u00e9tais sommelier, dit-il. Je veux qu\u2019ils comprennent qu\u2019un sommelier n\u2019est pas simplement une ic\u00f4ne, m\u00eame s\u2019il peut parfois y avoir un peu de cela. Avant tout, un sommelier est quelqu\u2019un qui joue un r\u00f4le essentiel dans notre culture et notre soci\u00e9t\u00e9, et qui rassemble les gens. \u00bb<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pour Philippe Faure-Brac, repr\u00e9senter la France au Concours ASI du Meilleur Sommelier du Monde 1992, \u00e0 Rio de Janeiro, signifiait porter un h\u00e9ritage d\u2019excellence. 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