Introductory and Certified, Athens, November 2019
We had 21 candidates attempt the Introductory course with 17 passes and 19 attempt the Certified with 13 passes. Congratulations to all! See gallery here. Introductory Passes Andriy Yakovliev Konstantinos Stavroulakis Petros Skarmoutsos Dimitra Fili Nebiye Kaya Prerna Ravi Dewnany Bharat Rathore Zerrin Dogan Iason Mokkas Ning Thang Mang Georgios Zervogiannis Nikitas Prassas Alessandro Toscani […]
Advanced, Thallern, November 2019
We had 22 candidates attempt the Advanced exam at Freigut Thallern in Austria with 9 passes. Congratulations to all! See gallery here. Agnieszka Swiecka Andrea Sala Davide dall’Amico Dmytro Goncharuk Francesco Marzola Ivan Jug Marcelo Pino Markus Winkler Melania Battiston
Introductory and Certified, Thallern, November 2019
We had 29 Introductory candidates with 29 passes and 25 Certified candidates with 15 passes. Congratulations to all! See gallery here. Introductory Passes Johannes Margreiter Alejandro Rodríguez Sánchez-Pardo Riccardo Bruno Filip Božić Patrick Aichlseder Johannes Blümel Vera Kranefeld Yann Durieux Lise Donier Meroz Salah Eddine Bentaleb Tim Theuns Josip Zubak João Valadas Philippe Troussard Alejandro […]
Master Sommelier Diploma, London, October 2019
We had 39 people sit the Master Sommelier Diploma in London, 36 were sitting all three parts (16 for the first time). Unfortunately, nobody was successful at this exam but Congratulations to 5 new Master who passed in August in Austria. Well done to Svetoslav Manoslev who was the recipient of the Dom Ruinart Cup […]
Introductory and Certified, South Africa, October 2019
We had 21 Introductory candidates with 18 passes and 10 Certified candidates with 5 passes. Congratulations to all! See gallery here. Introductory Passes Thato Goimane Tumelo Andrew Moreo Brian Nyamara Bekithemba Moyo Shayne Holt Alister Zengenene Craig Brent Agulhas Ngoni Mtizwa Matheas Mapwashike Rene Veldhuizen Wayve Kolevsohn Tongai Joseph Dhafana Dickson Matola Begimai Tolon kyzy Luvo Ntezo Newman Sigoga Tinashe Nyamudoka […]
Introductory and Certified, Poland, October 2019
We had 34 people attempt the Introductory exam with 30 successful and 27 attempt Certified with 10 passes. Congratulations to all! See gallery here. Introductory Passes Denis Yurchenko Patryk Nowak Roman Sosnovskiy Kamil Wojtasiak Abhishek Sen Vladimir Kosenko Natalia Denisova Svetlana Dobrynina Vadim Martynyuk Gregory Podrezov Svetlana Fedoseeva Eddy Rousseau Joseph Mounayer Patrycja Siwiec Oleksandr Lavrynenko […]
Introductory and Certified, Melbourne, September 2019
We had 50 candidates take the Introductory courses and exam with 40 passes and 40 attempt the Certified with 25 passes. The 2019 Melbourne Riedel Certified Sommelier Dux was awarded to Angus Begg Congratulations to all! See Gallery here. Introductory Alexander Collins Alice Tremayne Amandine Angelica Angus Mackay Stanley Begg (Dux) Atchara Wongthai Palleros Brendan […]
Advanced, Melbourne, September 2019
We had 30 candidates who attempted the Advanced Sommelier Certificate in Melbourne with 12 passes. The 2019 RIEDEL Advanced Sommelier Dux was awarded to Ashlyn Foster The 2019 Airoldi Fine Wines Scholarship was awarded to Ashlyn Foster Congratulations to all! See Gallery here. Seamus Brandt Ashlyn Foster Piotr Szewczuk Mason Ng Andres Aragon Jarrett Buffington […]
Master Sommelier Diploma, St Louis, Missouri, September 2019
Congratulations to 7 new Master Sommeliers who passed in St Louis! Vincent Morrow Nick Davis Mariya Kovacheva Justin Moore Joshua Orr Jeremy Shanker Jill Zimorski (not pictured)
Master Sommelier Diploma, Stift Klosterneuberg, Vienna, August 2019
We are delighted to announce 5 new Master Sommeliers who passed today at the historic Stift Klosterneuburg wine school and monastery. See gallery here. Helga Schroeder – Germany’s first female MS Carlos Simoes – Portugal’s second MS Pierre Brunelli Svetoslav Manolev – Bulgaria’s first MS Toru Takamatsu – Japan’s first MS at the age of […]