The Association de la Sommellerie Internationale (ASI) is a nonprofit organization founded in Reims in 1969 to develop and promote the sommelier profession worldwide. Every three years since its creation, it holds a competition in an international city and names a person as the best sommelier in the world: the World's Best Sommelier Contest.
Meilleur Sommelier du Monde (World's Best Sommelier) The World's Best Sommelier Competition has been in existence since 1969.ASI World’s Best Somm: All the Winners so far 2023 - Paris - Raimonds Tomsons (Latvia) 2019 - Antwerp - Marc Almert (Germany) 2016 - Mendoza - Jon Arvid Rosengren (Sweden) 2013 - Tokyo - Paolo Basso (Switzerland) 2010 - Santiago - Gerard Basset (United Kingdom) 2007 - Rhodes - Andreas Larsson (Sweden) 2004 - Athens - Enrico Bernardo (Italy) 2000 - Montréal - Olivier Poussier (France) 1998 - Vienna - Markus del Monego (Germany) 1995 - Tokyo - Shinya Tasaki (Japan) 1992 - Rio de Janeiro - Philippe Faure-Brac (France) 1989 - Paris - Serge Dubs (France) 1986 - Venice - Jean-Claude Jambon (France) 1983 - Brussels - Jean-Luc Pouteau (France) 1978 - Lisbon - Giuseppe Vaccarini (Italy) 1971 - Milan - Piero Sattanino (Italy) 1969 - Brussels - Armand Melkonian (France) +Winners by CountryCountryWinnerFrance6Italy3Sweden2Germany2Switzerland1United Kingdom1Japan1Latvia1
See also Court of Master Sommeliers Master of Wine Confrérie des Chevaliers du Tastevin Wine & Spirit Education Trust
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