UK’s number 1 in the Sommelier 2024 list: UKSA’s very own Romain Bourger

We are extremely privileged to have had Romain Bourger, recently named number 1 in Sommelier Edit Top 100 for 2024, come on board in January as the UKSA’s Head of Technical committee.

Romain is native of the French Mosel and became interested in the world of wine during his hospitality studies. He passed his sommelier exam and moved to England in 2008 to work at Hotel du Vin Winchester after having spent a month and a half there as a trainee a few months before. He then moved on to work at The Vineyard Hotel in Newbury were he started as a Sommelier and is now the Director of Wine and Beverage, working also closely with the Vineyard Cellars, The Vineyard Group wine distributor. Romain has won the Young Sommelier of the Year Competition in 2016, won an Acorn Award in 2018, Catey Wine and Spirit Ambassador Winner 2023 and the UK Sommelier of the Year in 2019. 

Romain said “I am honoured to be part of the UK Sommelier Academy after years of competing. It is a pleasure to be able to help develop the next generation of sommeliers and the already high level of wine service in the UK”