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2026
- ASI Diploma Exam, 9th March 2026.
- ASI General Assembly, 18 – 22 May 2026, Taipei, Taiwan
- ASI Contest Best Sommelier of the World, 11 – 17 October 2026. Lisbon, Portugal
- ASI Bootcamp Americas, 21-24 July 2026, Sao Paulo, Brazil
To come 2027 TBC
ASI Bootcamp Europe, Africa & Middle East, tbc
ASI Best Sommelier of Europe, 6 – 11 September 2027, Poland (Final on 10 September)
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📅 Save the dates: ASI Exams & Certifications 2027
Plan your sommelier journey for the year ahead with the Association de la Sommellerie Internationale.
🥇 ASI Diploma: 8 March 2027 🌿 ASI Prep. & ASI Cert.1: all year long, starting February 2027 🍷 ASI Cert.2: from September 2027
More information about the exams and certifications is available at www.asi.info/exams/
For exact dates and locations, please contact your national sommelier association!
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Wine region: Jura, France 🍷🇫🇷
Tucked along the Swiss border, Jura is where Savagnin takes centre stage. Advanced palates, this one rewards attention.
📍 THE VEIL & THE VARIETY
Savagnin is the backbone here, and the key distinction is style. Sous voile wines age under a film of yeast, the path to vin jaune. Ouillé wines are topped up and develop without the veil, more like a conventional oxidative white. Know which one is in your glass.
🥃 VIN JAUNE
Aged in barrel without topping up, under a yeast veil, and bottled in the 62 cl clavelin. The AOC minimum is 6 years and 3 months from harvest. Around a third evaporates over the ageing (la part des anges), concentrating nutty, saline, oxidative character that can outlive most of us.
🍇 POULSARD & TROUSSEAU
Poulsard is pale and delicate, sometimes vinified as a blanc de noirs or with carbonic maceration. Trousseau brings structure, depth and a Pinot-adjacent perfume that is entirely its own.
🪨 TERROIR
Triassic marls and clays, Liassic marls, and Jurassic limestone shape sub-zones from Arbois to Château-Chalon, where only vin jaune is made. Cool nights and a continental-Atlantic blend keep acidity sharp.
Also worth your glass: Crémant du Jura, vin de paille and Macvin.
Jura doesn’t shout. It waits.
Map: Interprofession des Vins du Jura (c)
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🎧 A Sommelier's Insight podcast: Introducing the ASI Best Sommelier of the World 2026 - Nikolai Haram Svorte 👏🥇🍷
What does it take to become the ASI Best Sommelier of the World? Is it knowledge, tasting ability or service acumen? 🤔 It takes all of these things, but for the new ASI Best Sommelier of the World, Norway’s Nikolai Haram Svorte, it also took extraordinary commitment, relentless preparation, sacrifice and even months of near isolation. 🤩
Less than two weeks ago, all that preparation and sacrifice paid off. After a demanding week of competition, Svorte stepped onto the stage at the Coliseu dos Recreios in Lisbon for a final that would test not only his sommelier skills but also his ability to maintain his composure under pressure. 🔥 That pressure came early, as Svorte, a self-proclaimed technician, made a rare mistake. He did not identify a wine served under screwcap as corked. The challenge was deceptive: cork taint is most often associated with wines bottled with cork stoppers, but it can also occur in wines sealed with a screwcap. It was an omission that could have rattled many competitors, but Svorte’s resolve and composure allowed him to recover quickly. 👌
In this edition of A Sommelier’s Insight, Nikolai talks about the highs and lows of the competition, what was going through his mind on that stage and how he found the focus to keep moving forward. 👏
We’ll also look beyond the final to the preparation that made it possible: the dedication it demanded, what he put aside to pursue his ambition and what it feels like when a goal that has consumed so much of your life finally becomes a reality. 🍷
📺 Do not forget that you can now also watch the episodes on our YouTube channel!
▶️ YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fhu-dCXqMlM
🎧 Listen on podcast platforms: www.spreaker.com/episode/introducing-the-asi-best-sommelier-of-the-world-2026--76113836
🔗 Links in bio to previous episodes! 😉
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