OCTOBER 2023 ASI MAGAZINE
Exploring deeper the elusiveness of fine wine, we asked two working sommeliers, each from a different continent to explore deeper what it means to them.
Manuel Negrete is the Wine Director at Wine Bar by Concours Mondial de Bruxelles. Originally from Mexico City, he obtained the title of sommelier at the tender age of 21. After working on the agent side, and joining ASI’s marketing team in 2019, he joined the Wine Bar by Concours Mondial de Bruxelles team as Wine Director, in 2020. He represented Mexico at the ASI Best Sommelier of the Americas Competition in 2022, is a contributor to Reforma Newspaper, an ambassador to Star Wine List and a judge at the Concours Mondial de Bruxelles.
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Lê Hoàng Khánh Vi is a passionate sommelier, the founder of NOB Natural Wine Bar, and currently Vice-President of Vietnam’s Saigon Sommelier Association (SSA), owns a Master's degree in Wine Tourism. The diploma is awarded by three prestigious universities in Europe including the University of Bordeaux (France), University of Porto (Portugal) and University of Rovira I Virgili (Spain).
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Somm Perspectives: It’s fine to me... is it fine to you?
It’s fine to me... is it fine to you?
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