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The Association de la Sommellerie Internationale is the world’s preeminent global advocate for the needs of the modern sommelier.
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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
News & Events
Check out the latest ASI news, as well as updates in the world of sommellerie!
🍂 Monthly Sommelier Quiz – September Edition 🤓🍷
September was all about looking ahead to Lisbon 🇵🇹✨ With the ASI Contest Best Sommelier of the World 2026 just around the corner, we continued introducing the 66 candidates who will compete this October, while revisiting the stories and experiences of past Best Sommeliers of the World through our special podcast episodes 🎙️🏆
We also travelled to the vineyards of Uruguay 🇺🇾🍇 and brought our community closer to the wine world through a series of partner highlights — from the new look of Graham’s Port Aged Tawny Collection and a special GuildSomm offer for ASI Sommeliers, to our collaboration with JancisRobinson.com.
And in the ASI Bookclub 📚🍷, we explored Oz Clarke’s Grapes & Wine — another opportunity to expand our knowledge, one book at a time.
Think you’ve been paying attention? 👀💡
Take our September Sommelier Quiz in Stories and put your knowledge to the test!
Share your score in the comments and see how well you’ve kept up with the ASI world this month 👇😄
#asisomms #asibestsomm #asicontest #asiquiz #asisommelierquiz #sommelier #bestsommelieroftheworld #lisbon2026 #wine #winequiz #sommelierquiz #wineknowledge #uruguaywine #asipodcast #asibookclub #grapesandwine #guildsomm #jancisrobinson #grahamsport #wineeducation
Road to Lisbon: meet your heroes 🤩🔥
Presenting the candidates who will contend for the title this October in Lisbon 🇵🇹
Joris Gutierrez Garcia🍷 @joris_garcia
Representing: Canada 🇨🇦 @caps_canada
ASI Diploma Gold 🥇
Sommelier at Moishes📍Montréal, Canada @moishesmontreal
Identifies with: Riesling 🍇 Sometimes light and sweet, sometimes hard and serious!
Inspired by: I have many inspirations, first I'd like to name Élyse Lambert and Véronique Rivest, two of our greatest sommeliers in Québec and Canada. 🤩 Enrico Bernardo, past Best Sommelier of the World, I remember watching a clip on YouTube that really, really inspired me, him working in Paris and also travelling through Spain. But I think, for many of us - Gérard Basset, he is the greatest of all time, he achieved everything someone could achieve in this world of wine, he's my biggest inspiration. 👏
See you in October 😉
@escancoesdeportugal
#ASISomms #ASIBestSomm #RoadtoLisbon2026 #ASIBestSommelier2026 #ASIBSW2026 #Portugal #Sommelier #Wine #SommelierContest #SommelierCompetition #SommLife
📚 ASI Book Club Recommendation #33: Grapes & Wines: A Comprehensive Guide to Varieties and Flavours by Oz Clarke & Margaret Rand
How well do we really know the grapes behind the wines we taste? 🍇🍷
Grapes & Wines is a comprehensive guide to the world’s major grape varieties, exploring their origins, characteristics, regional expressions, and the flavours and styles they can produce. It brings together grape varieties and the wines made from them, making it a practical reference for anyone looking to deepen their understanding beyond appellations and regions.
For sommeliers and wine professionals, this book is particularly useful for connecting the dots between grape, place and style. It can help sharpen tasting skills, strengthen wine-list knowledge, and provide useful context when recommending wines or explaining unfamiliar varieties to guests.
Because knowing a region is important — but knowing the grapes that express it is another essential piece of the puzzle. 🌍🍇
#ASISomms #ASIBestSomm #ASIBookClub #GrapesAndWines #OzClarke #MargaretRand #WineEducation #SommelierLife #WineTasting #WineBooks #HospitalityProfessionals
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