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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
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Competition for Europe’s Best Sommelier 2008 Bulgaria (Sofia)Isa Bal conquers EuropeNow living in Great Britain, he entered the annals of history by becoming the winner of the first event of this...
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Séminar JapanAndreas Larsson’s Seminar in JapanAt the “World’s Best Sommelier” competition held in Rhodes, Greece in 2007, Andreas Larsson and Yoichi Sato (“Japan’s Best Sommelier” 2005) competed...
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A.SI. FranceOrder of Agricultural merit for Mr Kazuyoshi KogaiThe launch of events organised as part of the campaign ‘L’apéritif à la française’, which this year gave place of honour to Asia, was...
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Wine Bar BordeauxThe CIVB Wine Bar is two years old!25 000 customers and more than 32 000 glasses of wine served in 2007…Inaugurated in June 2006, the CIVB’s (Bordeaux Wine Trade Council) new Wine...
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Luxury Hotel BordeauxLe palace bordelais en pleine renaissanceIt was an event that marked the end of 2007 in Bordeaux… revealing its imposing neo-classic façade looking across to the Opera House,...
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Gastronomy AlsaceLa Verte Vallée,Munster’s three-star hotel-restaurantWhen Patricia and Yvon Gautier opened their 110-room hotel-restaurant in 1986 in Munster (Haut-Rhin), they already had major...