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Global Community

A federation of people, not paperwork.

ASI is a living network of associations, instructors, champions and working sommeliers. Find your association, your champion, your continent.

75+ Nations. One Voice.

A federation of people, not paperwork.

ASI is a living network of associations, instructors, champions and working sommeliers. Find your association, your champion, your continent.

The Network 

Six continents, one craft.

Each pin is a national sommelier association — a school, a board, a community. Click any to open the country dossier.

Members Associations

Find Your Association.

75 national associations, organised by continent. Each runs its own examinations, events, and a board elected by working sommeliers.

Co Founders

PT · Portugal

Associação dos Escanções de Portugal

LISBOA · FOUNDED 1942 · 450 MEMBERS

CHE · Switzerland

Association Suisse des Sommeliers Professionnels (ASSP)

LUGANO · FOUNDED 1981 · 420 MEMBERS

ITA · Italy

Associazione della Sommellerie Professionale Italiana

MILAN · FOUNDED 2007 · 600 MEMBERS

BEL · Belgium

Belgische Sommeliersgilde v.z.w. / Gilde des Sommeliers de Belgique a.s.b.l.

ANTUéRPIA · FOUNDED 1960 · 320 MEMBERS

ALB · Albania

Organizata Shqiptare e Sommelierise

TIRANA · FOUNDED 1988 · 250 MEMBERS

ESP · Spain

Unión de Asociaciones Españolas de Sumilleres

MADRID · FOUNDED 1995 · 3 MEMBERS

UAE · United Arab Emirates

United Arab Emirates Sommeliers Guild

2026

KEN · Kenya

Sommeliers Association of Kenya

2025

ZWE · Zimbabwe

Sommeliers Association of Zimbabwe

2020

ZAF · South Africa

South African Sommelier Association

2015

MAR · Morocco

Sommelier Association of Morocco

2012

MUS · Mauritius

Sommelier Association of Mauritius

2015

LBN · Lebanon

Association des Sommeliers du Liban ASLIB

2023

NZL · New Zealand

New Zealand Sommelier Association

2018

THA · Thailand

Thailand Sommelier Association

2016

TWN · Taiwan

Taiwan Sommelier Association

2010

SGP · Singapore

Sommelier Association of Singapore

2009

PHL · Philippines

Philippine Sommelier Association

2018
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Champions

The faces of the modern era.

Hall of Champions →

Satoru Mori

Japan
Best Sommelier of the Asia & Pacific Osaka, Japan

Franck Moreau

Australia
Best Sommelier of the Asia & Pacific Daejeon, South Korea

Hiroshi Ishida

Japan
Best Sommelier of the Asia & Pacific Hong Kong, China

Wataru Iwata

Japan
Best Sommelier of the Asia & Pacific Kyoto, Japan
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