Latest news of the sommellerie
He had been dreaming about it since 2019 when he finished at the 3rd place of the competition in Antwerp, Raimonds Tomsons did it and became, on February 12th in Paris the 17th World's Best Sommelier. Although the French country, which organises the competition, came in large numbers to support its candidate Pascaline Lepeltier, it was on the 4th step that the sommelier lost out to the 3 finalists: Raimonds Tomsons, Best Sommelier of Europe 2017, Latvia, Nina Jensen, Denmark, both already finalists in the 2019 World Competition, and Reeze Choi, China. Candidates under pressure The ASI... Read more
Latest news of the sommellerie
Philippe Faure-Brac succède à Michel Hermet à la présidence de l'Union de la Sommellerie Française (UDSF), suite à l'assemblée générale qui s'est tenue à Toulouse le mardi 8 novembre, en marge de l'...
Latest news of the sommellerie
De la cinquantaine de prétendants au titre de Meilleur Sommelier de France présents à la première sélection du 29 février 2016, seuls les neuf plus performants étaient présents le dimanche 6...
French Sommellerie Union (UDSF)
The Union of the French Sommellerie (UDSF) is the federation of the regional sommeliers associations. It promotes the profession of sommelier, encourages education and organizes national and...
International Sommellerie
The responsibilities of a modern sommelier are today seen as going far beyond merely serving wines. As well as a complete knowledge of this field, and an indispensable gift for human relationships...
Latest news of the sommellerie
Sweden is not renowned for its viticulture so far but it is now famous for its high level sommeliers. After Mikael Söderström,Best Sommelier of Europe 1990 and Andreas Larsson, Best Sommelier of the...
Latest news of the sommellerie
One of the most prestigious Sommelier competitions took place on April 20th at Radisson Blu Carlton in Bratislava, Slovakia. This was the 5th competition of Trophee Hubert, which also served as...