ASEAN Best Sommelier Competition

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Mr Joe Sriwarin, Managing Director of Bangkok International Wine Fair (BIWF), is pleased to announce that the first ASEAN Best Sommelier Competition will take place at the Bangkok International Wine Fair from 25-27 November 2010.

 

The aims of the ASEAN Best Sommelier Competition are:

 

1. To promote the sommelier profession throughout ASEAN.

 

2. To share knowledge of wine and other beverages among Sommeliers in ASEAN countries.

 

3. To raise the standard of wine and beverage service in the ASEAN region, and to harmonise regional rules and regulations in accordance with world-class standards.

 

4. To promote wines and beverages from around the world in ASEAN markets.

 

BIWF will be inviting sommeliers from six ASEAN countries (Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, The Philippines and Vietnam), together with the presidents of their sommelier associations, to attend the first Bangkok International Wine Fair 2010.

 

The first ASEAN Best Sommelier Competition will be judged by a panel of international judges.

None will be from Thailand or any other ASEAN country.

 

The ASEAN Best Sommelier Competition is not an official ASI-organised sommelier competition,

but a self-initiated regional sommelier contest.

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Date of announcement: 1 March 2010