Association de la Sommellerie Internationale
The Association de la Sommellerie Internationale is a nonprofit organization founded in Reims in 1969 to develop and promote the sommelier profession around the world. Every three years since its creation, it holds a competition in an international city and names a person as the best sommelier in the world: the World's Best Sommelier Contest.
Meilleur Sommelier du Monde (World's Best Sommelier)
The World's Best Sommelier Competition has been in existence since 1969.- 2023 - Paris - Raimonds Tomsons
- 2019 - Antwerp - Marc Almert
- 2016 - Mendoza - Jon Arvid Rosengren
- 2013 - Tokyo - Paolo Basso
- 2010 - Santiago - Gerard Basset
- 2007 - Rhodes - Andreas Larsson
- 2004 - Athens - Enrico Bernardo
- 2000 - Montréal - Olivier Poussier
- 1998 - Vienna - Markus del Monego
- 1995 - Tokyo - Shinya Tasaki
- 1992 - Rio de Janeiro - Philippe Faure-Brac
- 1989 - Paris - Serge Dubs
- 1986 - Venice - Jean-Claude Jambon
- 1983 - Brussels - Jean-Luc Pouteau
- 1978 - Lisbon - Giuseppe Vaccarini
- 1971 - Milan - Piero Sattanino
- 1969 - Brussels - Armand Melkonian
| Country | Winner |
| France | 6 |
| Italy | 3 |
| Sweden | 2 |
| Germany | 2 |
| Switzerland | 1 |
| United Kingdom | 1 |
| Japan | 1 |
| Latvia | 1 |