On November 3, 2024, the prestigious final of the UDSF competition for the Best Sommelier of France 2024 took place at the Institut Régional de Sommellerie Sud de France, set within the iconic Caves Byrrh in Thuir, Occitanie. Competing against Clément Sommier and Quentin Vauléon, Bastien Debono skillfully distinguished himself across the seven different challenges! SommelierS International extends warm congratulations to the well-deserving winner for earning the title of Best Sommelier of France.
April 24, 2023 - The Union de la Sommellerie Française (UDSF) and its members are pleased to announce Fabrice Sommier as the new President of the association. Fabrice Sommier succeeds Philippe Faure-...
No inflation in the Best Sommelier of the World competition. The proof, if 19 candidates had been selected for the semi-final in Antwerp, this year in Paris they will only be 17 while the number of...
Four sommeliers present in Paris received the golden cluster on the evening of the final of the competition won by Xavier Thuizat. Daniel Pirès (Champagne Ardennes - cellar creation in progress),...
As expected, COET-MOF and the Ministry of National Education waited until November 17 to announce the results of the sommelier class in the one of the Meilleurs Ouvriers de France (MOF) competition...
The members of the Union de la Sommellerie Française technical committee are obviously the only ones who know the results of the competition, and they are the only ones who can say if the visual...
Although they completed the One of the Meilleurs Ouvriers de France competition with the traditional service test, which awards almost a third of the maximum score, the eight candidates have now been...