Shinya TASAKI

Meilleur Sommelier du Monde 1995

 - Executive President of SENTIR, Established own company in 1997

(Wine consulting company- four restaurants and one wine academy, one publishing company)

- Vice-President of the Japan Sommelier Association

- Vice-President Asia-Oceania Continent & President of Technical Commission of the ASI (Association de la Sommellerie International)

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

1980-1983          Sommelier at French Restaurant ‘BELL France’ Tokyo

1983-1986          Chef Sommelier at Japanese Restaurant ‘KISSOU’ Tokyo

1987-1994          Chef Sommelier at Hotel Seiyo Ginza Tokyo

1994-1997          Adviser for Hotel Seiyo Ginza Tokyo

1997- present     Executive President of SENTIR

FURTHER ACHIEVEMENT

1981                    2^nd place in the ASI Contest of the Best sommelier of Japan

1983                    1^st place in the ASI Contest of the Best sommelier of Japan

1989                    Participate in the ASI Best Sommelier of the World, France 1989

1990                    2^nd place in the French Wine & Spirits Sommelier ｃhampionship by Sopexa

1995                    1^st place in the ASI Best Sommelier of the World, Japan 1995

Medal & Prize

1995                    Grand Conseiller of Beaujolais

1996                    Order of Culture Tokyo Resident

1996                    Award the Commandarie du Bontemps de Medoc & Graves

1999                    Chevalier order of Agricultural merit in France

2006                    Award the Tokyo Meister

2008                    Prize of Master Craftsman by Ministry of Labor