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The Association de la Sommellerie Internationale is a nonprofit organization founded in Reims in 1969 to develop and promote the sommelier profession around the world. 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.

• 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)

See also

• Court of Master Sommeliers
• Master of Wine
• Confrérie des Chevaliers du Tastevin
• Wine & Spirit Education Trust

References

1. "Best Sommelier of the World: contest in Paris in 2023". Beaujolais. 2022-12-14. Retrieved 2023-02-01.
2. ASI World’s Best Somm: All the Winners so far

External links

• Official website

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