NEWSLETTER • ISSUE 38 • SEPTEMBER 2021
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Member News
Next Sommelier Champion
The Sommelier Union Austria will be conducting the Best Sommelier of Austria on September 13th and 14th at Schloss Gabelhofen in Styria. The winner of this competition will represent Austria in the next ASI World Sommelier Championship in France.
Indonesia Sommelier Association Reelects President
The Indonesia Sommelier Association has reelected Mr. Adam as president of its association. Mr. Adam will continue his role through 2023. ASI wished Mr. Adam best wishes and congratulations.
Managing your mental health when facing a new COVID-19 lockdown
As the fourth wave of COVID-19 grips the world, once again placing restaurants, sommeliers and all hospitality staff through the perils of uncertainty, Sommeliers Australia republishes an article about managing stress in the workplace.
ASI Best Sommelier of Europe & Africa Contest Website Launched
ASI, in collaboration with it’s agency on record, Vivify Creative Group, has launched a new digital platform. The contest site is housed within asi.info and will become the platform for all future contests. According to ASI Director of Marketing, Mark DeWolf “our goal of this project is to support our member assocations by reducing the costs to host a contest, ensure our design standards are consistent and achieved and bring more people to our home website to ensure the global wine community learns more about what we, and our members associations, do.
Argentina Sommelier Association Explores the Non-Alcoholic Wine Revolution
A new generation of consumers is seeking to reduce their alcoholic intake. The reasons for non-alcoholic wine consumption are varied from social responsibility (designated driving) to healthier living and even as a reaction to alcohol addiction. This has led to innovation within the field of de-alcoholized wines. Masters of Wine Student Irem Eren, Business Development Manager and Sales Director of BevZero, a global company focused on de-alcoholization technology offers additional insight indicating “zero-alcohol and low-alcohol wine as an opportunity for the wine category to innovate and reinvent itself and an exciting part of wine´s future. No / Low alcohol is not a trend anymore, it is a category which is here to stay, and the market is out there….no / low alcohol wine is a way to get younger consumers into wine, who are the drinkers of tomorrow.”
The trend is not lost on sommeliers. Valeria Gamper, a well-known Argentinean sommelier recently published an article on the subject in the July edition of the Argentine Association of Sommeliers monthly newsletter.
Industry News
France’s 2021 Harvest Predicted to Be One of Smallest Ever
Early spring frosts followed by fungus issues has resulted in potentially the lowest harvest in half a century. The impact of which will be felt for years.
OIV Revises its Definitions of GI and AO
During the last General Assembly, the OIV adopted by consensus the ‘Update to the Definitions of Geographical Indication and Appellation of Origin (OIV-ECO 656-2021).’ The “Law and Consumer Information” (DROCON) Expert Group of the OIV Commission III “Economy and Law” has been working on this resolution for many years, to align the definitions with those that currently appear in the main international agreements on intellectual property*.
Are you a gate keeper or a gate opener?
Areni Global talks about the future of fine wine and how cultivating a community and sharing information will be an important step forward for fine wines.
PARTNER NEWS
Famille Perrin
Oenothèque Case of Château de Beaucastel
We are pleased to announce the launch of a very special oenotheque case with carefully selected vintages of Château de Beaucastel : 2004, 2006, 2007 and 2009. These wines come from the Family’s Reserve Cellar. It’s exclusively destined for the most prestigious restaurants.