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ASI : contest of the Best Sommelier of Europe & Africa 2017

Austria 8-13 May

ASI : contest of the Best Sommelier of Europe & Africa 2017

Austria 8-13 May

Category: Worldwide - Exclusive experiences - Calendar
This is a press release selected by our editorial committee and published online for free on 2017-04-11

The next A.S.I. contest of the Best Sommelier of Europe & Africa will take place in Vienna, Austria in May. 38 candidates registered, 3 sommeliers of them coming from Africa. It is a première. That continent having only three associations so far, it is not enough for a continental contest. But the A.S.I. wanted to give them the opportunity of discovering the world of international competitions.

The candidates for Europe

Albanie / Albania – Bujar TUKULI

Allemagne / Germany – Torsten JUNKER

Autriche / Austria – Suvad ZLATIC

Belgique / Belgium – Antoine LEHEBEL

Croatie / Croatia – Filip SLAVIC

Chypre / Cyprus – George LOUKAKIS

Danemark / Denmark – Christian JACOBSEN

Espagne / Spain – Guillermo CRUZ ALCUBIERRE

Estonie / Estonia – Ketri LEIS

Finlande / Finland – Heidi MAKINEN

France – David BIRAUD

Grèce / Greece - Eleftherios KANDYLIS

Hongrie / Hungary – Maté HORVATH

Irlande / Ireland – Julie DUPOUY

Islande / Iceland - : Thorleifur SIGURBJORNSSON

Italie / Italy – Gennaro BUONO

Lettonie / Latvia – Raimonds TOMSONS

Lituanie / Lithuania – Martynas PRAVILONIS

Luxembourg – Niels TOASE

Norvège / Norway – Henrik DAHL JAHNSEN

Pays-Bas / Netherlands – Ruben KWAKMAN

Pologne / Poland – Piotr PIETRAS

Portugal – Nelson GUERREIRO

Slovaquie / Slovakia – Ratislav SUTAK

République Tchèque / Czech Republic – Jakub PRIBYL

Roumanie / Romania – Julia SCAVO

Royaume-Uni / United Kingdom – Eric ZWIEBEL

Russie / Russia – Aleksandr RASSADKIN

Serbie / Serbia – Vlada STOJANOV

Slovaquie / Slovakia – Radislav SUTAK

Slovénie / Slovenia - Gasper CARMAN

Suède / Sweden – Robert ANDERSSON

Suisse / Switzerland – Fabio MASI

Turquie / Turkey – Serdar BALKAYA

Ukraine – Dmytro GONCHARUK

The candidates for Africa

Afrique du Sud / South Africa – Jean-Vincent RIDON

Ile Maurice / Mauritius – Luciano Jeff THOMÉ

Maroc / Morocco – Zacharia WAHBY

The programme of the tests

May 9th : quarter Final for the 38 candidates

May 10th: semi-final for the 12 selected from the day before

May 11th : final for the 3 best ones