Introductory and Certified, Torquay, January 2015

We had 22 people attempt and 19 people pass the Introductory course. For the Certified, 14 passed out of 18 who attempted it. Congratulations to all! Introductory Passes Magdalena Brandstaetter Limin Chen Jean-Marie Contestin Renato Ferreira Olivier Frayssinet Alexandre Freguin Hans Haahr Larsen Marco Iaccarino Patrick Mouritzen Sarah Helliwell Douglas Kinnaird Jonathan Kleeman Francesca Martusciello Massimo Menchini Benedict […]

Introductory and Certified, Austria, November 2014

We had 23 people attempt and 20 people pass the Introductory course. For the Certified, 7 passed out of 15 who attempted it. Congratulations to all! Special Congratulations to Totte Steneby from Copenhagen who wins the Traditionsweingüter Österreich scholarship of 1,000 Euros for travel, study and course costs of his Advanced exam. Kindly presented by winemaker Fred Loimer. See […]

Advanced, Austria, November 2014

We had 23 candidates who attempted the Advanced exam at Freigut Thallern in Gumpoldskirchen in November 2014, there were 8 passes. Congratulations to all ! See gallery here Advanced Passes Steve Breitzke Oliver Brandenburg Meiyu Lei Carlos Simoes Suvid Zlatic Rene Antrag Jan Willem van de Hek Adrian Filiuta

Introductory and Certified, Athens 2014

We had 21 people attempt and 19 people pass the Introductory course.  For the Certified, 10 passed out of 16 who attempted it. Congratulations to all! See gallery here Introductory Passes Deepak Elangovan Rajan Rengasamy Stefania Genisio Grigoriy Chegodaev William Xiangwei Wu Jasper Xin Sun Norbert Dudzinski Guillermo Cruz Alcubierre John Sterner Damien Aubry Michael […]

One new Master passes in London

We are very pleased to announce one new Master Sommelier at the recent exam in London. Adam Pawlowski  passed his theory last year and passed his tasting and practical this year, he becomes the first MS from Poland. Congratulations Adam!    

THE OTTO HINDERER MS SCHOLARSHIP AWARD 2015

“It is with great pleasure that I can announce on behalf of the Scholarship Awards Committee the recipients of the Otto Hinderer MS Scholarship 2015. The Award was created in recognition of the commitment and dedication of members of the Court of Master Sommeliers and to encourage more people who are self funded to progress […]

Introductory and Certified, Shanghai 2014

We had 11 people attempt and 11 people pass the Introductory course(100%) for the Certified, 9 passed out of 13 who attempted it. Congratulations to all those who passed! See gallery here  Introductory Passes  Steven Li Hang Adrian Zhang Min Zhang Guan Xiaoyu Lucas Gao Fei Stephen Yang Hang Yonex Zhang Xin Yang Max Lee […]

Introductory and Certified, Hong Kong 2014

We had 13 candidates and 12 achieved the Introductory qualification, plus there were 9 Certified passes out of the 18 who attempted it. Congratulations to all those who passed! See gallery here Introductory Passes Hayley Rosewarne Verena Baier Kuan-Chang Carlos Chen Calvin Cheung David Chang Jian Ki Wong Tommy Chan Tat Ian Rex Li Gregoir Cleary Just […]

Introductory and Certified, Singapore August 2014

We had 31 candidates and 22 achieved the Introductory qualification, there were 7 Certified passes out of the 16 who attempted it. Congratulations to all those who passed! See gallery here Introductory Passes Chua Lye Seng Gerald Neo Wee Kian Alvin Wang Jin Mason Ng Yin Song Maven Poon Ou Jin Wei Sean Elise Carla Frederick Wang […]

Certified course, London June 2014

We had 14 candidates and 6 achieved the Certified qualification. Congratulations to all those who passed! Andrea Domenicucci Jose Louis Hernandez Serdar Kahraman Stefan Kobald Adam Grist Artur Aronov