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On June 16, 2025, the Cité du Vin in Bordeaux hosted the final round of the prestigious Best Young Sommelier of France competition. Organized by the Union de la Sommellerie Française and chaired by Jean-Pascal Paubert, this major event brought together the top three candidates selected from an initial group of 87 young sommeliers. This competition, which highlights the rising talents of the profession, offers participants the opportunity to test and showcase their knowledge and skills under high-pressure conditions. Noé Richard, sommelier at the restaurant Plénitude in Paris, was the... Read more
Latest news of the sommellerie
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-...
Latest news of the sommellerie
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...
Latest news of the sommellerie
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),...
Latest news of the sommellerie
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...
Latest news of the sommellerie
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...
Latest news of the sommellerie
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...