Welcome to the third episode of the No Sediment Wine Podcast. In this episode I sat down with Raimonds Tomsons, the winner of the ASI Best Sommelier of the World 2023 and the Best Sommelier in Europe and Africa 2017 to talk about the sommelier profession and sommelier competitions, as well as Raimonds’ road to winning the Best Sommelier of the World. He also shared some thoughts and tips for us, wine lovers.

Check out Raimonds Tomsons' webpage: http://raimondstomsons.lv and his Instagram account @raimondstomsons

Credits to @ASI Somms for certain brolls in this video from the ASI Best Sommelier of the World 2023

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*CONTENTS OF THIS VIDEO
0:00 Introduction
1:20 What is a sommelier?
4:15 What is a bad sommelier?
6:15 How to become a sommelier
8:37 What is expected in sommelier competitions?
12:04 Raimonds' road to becoming the best sommelier
24:28 Raimonds' experience after finishing 3rd in 2019
29:40 Women in wine
32:20 Funny stories from restaurant life
35:01 Wine myth debunked
37:01 Fastest way to chill Champagne
37:29 Best way to open wine bottle without corkscrew
37:49 Most underrated and overrated wine regions
38:41 Where to look for the best value wines?
39:23 Wines to start for a wine newbie
40:20 3 wine gadgets every wine lover must have
40:50 3 wines Raimonds regrets not buying more
41:37 Raimonds' most memorable wine
43:05 Food and wine pairing
43:47 Next up and coming wine region/country
44:01 Raimonds' everyday goto wine
44:20 What wine Raimonds had to celebrate his victory
44:47 Informal part

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