Marc Almert

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Marc Almert (* 1991 in Cologne ) is a German sommelier . On March 15, 2019, after Markus Del Monego, he became the second German to win the World Championship of the Association de la Sommellerie Internationale (ASI) in the Koningin Elisabethzaal in Antwerp .

Career

Almert comes from a family where moderate wine was consumed. He completed his International Baccalaureate at St. George's School in order to subsequently train as a hotel manager and bartender. During this time he discovered his love for wine. From 2012 he worked as a junior sommelier at Restaurant duck of the Hotel Nassauer Hof Wiesbaden and the Brenner's Park-Hotel Baden-Baden, about two years later, the two-star - Haerlin of the Hotel Fairmont Vier Jahreszeiten to switch to Hamburg. In 2015 he passed the examination as a Certified Sommelier at the Court of Master Sommeliers and also won the national award of the Young Sommelier Cup, which is awarded by the Chaîne des Rôtisseurs Germany . He has been a sommelier at the Baur au Lac in Zurich since January 2017 .

Competitions

Sommelier Trophy - Best Sommelier in Germany

November 2017: Qualification as a participant of the Sommelier Union Germany for the ASI Sommelier World Championship 2019

ASI - Association de la Sommellerie Internationale

March 2019: Among 66 candidates from 63 countries, he prevailed in the final against Nina Højgaard Jensen from Denmark and Raimonds Tomsons from Latvia.

Wines of South Africa (WOSA)

September 2019: Nathan Morrell from Canada and Joe Yang from Macau took second and third place.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Marc Almert from Germany is the new ASI Best Sommelier of the World. ASI website
  2. ↑ Arthur Wirtzfeld: Marc Almert wins Wines of South Africa Sommelier Cup 2016. Vinum , Magazine for Wine Culture, September 27, 2019
  3. ↑ Jürgen Röder: Sommelier World Champion Marc Almert: 'Before such a competition I try 200 to 300 wines a week.' Handelsblatt , September 24, 2019
  4. ↑ Marc Almert is the "Best Sommelier in Germany 2017" website of the Sommelier Union, October 26, 2019
personal data
SURNAME Almert, Marc
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German sommelier
DATE OF BIRTH 1991
PLACE OF BIRTH Cologne