The title of Best Sommelier in the Baltics was awarded at the Vana Tallinn Baltic Sommelier Grand Prix held in Tallinn and went to Narimantas Miežys from Lithuania. The second place was won by Martynas Pravilonis from Lithuania and third place by Mikk Parre from Estonia. The title of Young …
The 14th “Vana Tallinn Grand Prix 2019” competition for sommeliers in the Baltic States was held this weekend in Riga. Grand Prix went to the Latvian representative Kaspars Reitups and Ketri Leis from Estonia was the runner-up. Title of the Best Young Sommelier went to Kristijonas Valančiūnas from Lithuania.
Late last night the winner of the Vana Tallinn Baltic Sommelier Grand Prix was determined after tight competition at the Kadriorg Art Museum to be Ronalds Pētersons from Latvia. The second place went to Martynas Pravilonis from Lithuania and the third to Ketri Leis from Estonia. The young sommelier title was awarded to Helen Aasmann from Estonia.
On Saturday, September 30th, 2017 the Vana Tallinn Baltic Sommelier Grand Prix took place in Vilnius. The competition winner was the Swedish guest competitor Fredrik Lindfors. The best sommelier of the Baltic States was again Martynas Pravilonis from Lithuania who received the same honour in 2016. Els Maria Uibo from Estonia took second place in the tight finals and Estonia’s Best Sommelier 2017 Ketri Leis took third place. The best young sommelier was Silvija Umaraite from Lithuania.
Riias toimunud Vana Tallinn Baltic Sommelier Grand Prix’l Baltimaade parima sommeljee tiitliga pärjati Martynas Pravilonis Leedust. Vaatemängulises finaalis saavutas teise koha Narimantas Miežys Leedust ja kolmandaks tuli Agnese Meiersone Lätist. Noorsommeljee tiitli saavutas Marika Tikas Eestist.
28. augusti hilisõhtul pärjati Tallinnas toimunud Vana Tallinn Baltic Sommelier Grand Prix juubeliturniiril Baltimaade parima sommeljee tiitliga Raimonds Tomsons Lätist. Vaatemängulises finaalis saavutas teise koha Kaspars Reitups Lätist ja kolmandaks tuli Kristjan Markii Eestist. Noorsommeljee tiitli saavutas Ketri Leis Eestist. Publiku eripreemia pälvis võitja Raimonds Tomsons.
17.10. late night at the Vana Tallinn Grand Prix competition held for the 9th time Kaspars Reitups from Latvia was awarded the title of Best Baltic Sommelier. After a two-day competition second place was awarded to Kristjan Markii from Estonia, and third place went to Karel Veski from Estonia.
Late on Saturday evening in Tartu, Estonia at the Vana Tallinn Grand Prix 2011, Kristjan Peäske of Estonia was declared the Best Baltic Sommelier and was awarded a wine trip worth €1000 courtesy of AS Liviko. Kristjan Markii of Estonia won second place and Liora Levi of Norway came third. This year, for the first time, competitors from Scandinavia also participated in the Vana Tallinn Grand Prix.
„The competition was very tough. I did not expect to win. The level of Nordic sommeliers is close to the top of the world and including them in the competition shows that we are able to compete at an international level outside of the Baltic states,“ said the winner of Vana Tallinn Grand Prix 2011 Kristjan Peäske, one of the owners of the restaurant Leib, Resto ja Aed.
Late last Saturday evening in Tallinn at the Vana Tallinn Grand Prix 2010, Kristjan Markii of Estonia was declared the Best Baltic Sommelier. Estonian Kristjan Peäske won second place and Jānis Kaļķis of Latvia came third.
“I have been waiting for the Vana Tallinn Grand Prix victory for a long time! This year was the fifth time that I competed in the final of the Vana Tallinn Grand Prix. My competitors were tough but very pleasant. I would like to thank everyone that supported me,” said the Best Baltic Sommelier Kristjan Markii.
Late Saturday night at the Vana Tallinn Grand Prix 2009 competition in Riga, the Estonian competitor Kristjan Peäske was awarded the title of the best sommelier of the Baltic countries, followed by another Estonian competitor, Kristjan Markii, and the Latvian Jānis Kaļķis. The winner of the competition was the guest participant Sören Polonius from Sweden. “This is the second year that I participate in the Vana Tallinn Grand Prix. I am amazed and very happy with my result. The competition was tough, but the result inspires me to continue and learn more about wines, because the more you know the more you want to know about them,” said the best Baltic sommelier Kristjan Peäske.
