Once again we go for girl power, please meet sommelier Nassyrova Dayana from Kazakhstan. Dayana is yet another great example of when you find a passion in life, the best is to follow that passion. Dayana actually did studies in Chemistry at the Al-Farabi Kazakh National University and only found her passion in one a few years ago. She might have only started working with wine two and a half years, but Dayana is a VERY ambitious and driven person as in these few years she has followed a wine education at the OVino wine school in Almaty, obtained her WSET Advanced Certificate in St Petersburg and competed very successful in national and international sommelier contests like Kazakhstan Somme
This time we take you to Portugal to introduce to you Sommelier Sergio Santos , who travelled to Belgian some months ago to help us out during the Best sommelier of the World as volunteer!! We are very grateful. When Sergio finished his studies at the Lisbon hotellerie school he started his career in Horeca working in some of the best 5star hotels in Portugal like the Ritz Four Seasons, Tivoli, Lapa Palace and the Meridien. Although at that time he mostly worked as Bartender. But it wasn’t until 2006 when he started working at the famous Lisbon restaurant Olivier where he first came in contact with wine service. he liked it that much that he went back to school to study some more and special
We are always happy to see that more women that choose to become sommelier, as for many years it has been a world (like many others) for only men. It is a very good thing as women have a far better tasting pallet in comparison with men. The next sommelier we want to present to you is Nina Højgaard Jensen that most you will know as she became 2nd during the Best Sommelier of the World contest earlier this year in Antwerp. Making that she will always have a link with Belgium (if she likes it or not ;-) ) That she is a champion, is a known fact!! As not only did she become 2nd at the Best Sommelier of the World contest (2nd out of 66 candidates, which is AMAZING) she also has victories on her
Doug Frost is a Kansas City author who is one of the few people in the world to have achieved to obtain both the remarkable distinctions of Master Sommelier and Master of Wine. So I guess he knows a thing or two about wine :-) Not only can you read read many articles written by Doug in several national (USA) magazines, he has also written several books on wine and even guides on how to buy wines. Although having travelled the world, visiting many vineyards and liking wines from around the globe , he does have a soft spot for wines originating from Northern America (A wine region that is expanding enormously . Making that he proudly promotes them as much as he can as a true Ambassador. He i
With the Best Sommelier of Europe & Africa contest getting closer we decided to put all the participants for the competition in the spotlight. Please allow me to introduce to you Ketri Leis who even at her young age is already a leading lady in world of Estonian sommeliers and I'm sure it won't stop there. Ketri will be defending the Estonian Colors at the championship. After finishing her studies in 2015 Ketri started working at one of the leading wine restaurants in the world Leib in Tallinn (award by Wine spectator and San Pelegrino 50 best discoveries). Being such a leading restaurant in wines you can imagine that this was the spot that had an enormous influence on Ketri life as sommeli
