Introductory and Certified, South Africa, October 2019

We had 21 Introductory candidates with 18 passes and 10 Certified candidates with 5 passes. Congratulations to all! See gallery here. Introductory Passes Thato Goimane Tumelo Andrew Moreo Brian Nyamara Bekithemba Moyo Shayne Holt Alister Zengenene Craig Brent Agulhas Ngoni Mtizwa Matheas Mapwashike Rene Veldhuizen Wayve Kolevsohn Tongai Joseph Dhafana Dickson Matola Begimai Tolon kyzy Luvo Ntezo Newman Sigoga Tinashe Nyamudoka […]

Introductory and Certified, Poland, October 2019

We had 34 people attempt the Introductory exam with 30 successful and 27 attempt Certified with 10 passes. Congratulations to all! See gallery here. Introductory Passes Denis Yurchenko Patryk Nowak Roman Sosnovskiy Kamil Wojtasiak Abhishek Sen Vladimir Kosenko Natalia Denisova Svetlana Dobrynina Vadim Martynyuk Gregory Podrezov Svetlana Fedoseeva Eddy Rousseau Joseph Mounayer Patrycja Siwiec Oleksandr Lavrynenko […]

Introductory and Certified, Melbourne, September 2019

We had 50 candidates take the Introductory courses and exam with 40 passes and 40 attempt the Certified with 25 passes. The 2019 Melbourne Riedel Certified Sommelier Dux was awarded to Angus Begg Congratulations to all! See Gallery here. Introductory Alexander Collins Alice Tremayne Amandine Angelica Angus Mackay Stanley Begg (Dux) Atchara Wongthai Palleros Brendan […]

Advanced, Melbourne, September 2019

We had 30 candidates who attempted the Advanced Sommelier Certificate in Melbourne with 12 passes. The 2019 RIEDEL Advanced Sommelier Dux was awarded to Ashlyn Foster The 2019 Airoldi Fine Wines Scholarship was awarded to Ashlyn Foster Congratulations to all! See Gallery here. Seamus Brandt Ashlyn Foster Piotr Szewczuk Mason Ng Andres Aragon Jarrett Buffington […]

Master Sommelier Diploma, Stift Klosterneuberg, Vienna, August 2019

We are delighted to announce 5 new Master Sommeliers who passed today at the historic Stift Klosterneuburg wine school and monastery. See gallery here. Helga Schroeder – Germany’s first female MS Carlos Simoes – Portugal’s second MS Pierre Brunelli Svetoslav Manolev – Bulgaria’s first MS Toru Takamatsu – Japan’s first MS at the age of […]

Introductory and Certified, Shanghai, August 2019

We had 43 people attempt the Introductory exam with 31 passes and 31 people attempt the Certified exam with 19 passes. Congratulations to all! See gallery here. Introductory Passes Luo Jianchuan Chen Huai Zhe Chunxia Wang Zhipeng Wang Wang Xiaochen Jin Chunhai Liuxin Wang Sun Shi Wei Minghan Yang Wenkai Zhang Gianluca Orlandi Yunjie Hao Bobby […]

Advanced, Hong Kong, August 2019

We had 24 candidates who attempted the Advanced exam in Hong Kong with 5 passes. Congratulations to all! See gallery here. Dirk ZiRui Chen Henry Wu Yaoheng Kenjii Alsyl Kenji Torres Wallace Lo Ho Pong Alper Billik  

Introductory and Certified, London, July 2019

We had 36 out of 40 people who passed the Introductory course, and 24 out of 33 for the Certified. Congratulations to all! See the gallery here. Introductory Passes Iliyan Petrakiev Lenart Cernelic Yvo Erades Anna Kauker Ryosuke Mashio Joakim Thomassen Maxim Kemme Silviu Pencu Salvatore Delle Donne Luca Guidi Tatiana Bulban Paulin Vocoret Hugh […]

Introductory and Certified, Thallern, June 2019

We had 23 out of 25 people who passed the Introductory course, and 12 out of 22 for the Certified. Congratulations to all! See the gallery here. Introductory Passes Sebastian Lübbert Magdalena Rieser Andrés Palomo Shangqian Yang Mario Onida Magnus Wanner Manuel Schembri Adrian Dalmai Carol Baubock Rakesh Awaghade Sebastian Schaan Antoine Philiber Sebastian Gabriel […]