Named “Finest Sommelier USA,” Mark Guillaudeu will signify the USA in World Competitors in 2023
KANSAS CITY, MO (June 29, 2022) – Finest USA Sommelier Affiliation (BUSA), a not-for-profit created by prime business professionals to help and promote the position of the sommelier in the US, is happy to announce the winner of the USA Nationwide Finals held on June 14, 2022, in Hermann, Missouri. After 9 hours of exams throughout which the six finalists competed in French, Spanish and English (assembly the necessities of competing in a non-native language), the six judges selected a brand new U.S. nationwide champion sommelier: Mark Guillaudeu.
The daylong competitors included difficult blind tastings of traditional wines, in addition to fortified wines from world wide and aged spirits; a tricky principle examination that required intimate information of wine grapes and areas, spirits, cocktails and cigars; and a high-paced service examination. Guillaudeu will signify the US on this planet competitors to be held in Paris in 2023. Two runners-up had been additionally chosen: first runner-up, Dustin Chabert, the earlier U.S. nationwide champion, and second runner-up, David Bérubé.
The BUSA Finals had been judged by six seasoned professionals: Cheryl Stanley (Cornell College), Andrey Ivanov MS, Alejandro Ferris, Doug Frost MS, MW, Evan Goldstein MS and Sara d’Amato. Please go to the BUSA web site for updates on all upcoming occasions – congratulations to Mark Guillaudeu, Finest USA Sommelier 2022, and to all of the finalists who competed this 12 months.
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