Veronique Rivest at the 2016 World Best Sommelier Competition

Véronique won Canada’s Best Sommelier competition in 2006 and defended her title in 2012. She won the Wine Woman Award 2007 in Paris and, last October, took home the Best Sommelier of the Americas 2012 title. After placing twice in the Top Twelve in 2007 and 2010, she became the first woman to make the podium by taking 2nd place at the World’s Best Sommelier competition, in Tokyo in March 2013. She speaks to Jean Vincent Ridon at the 2016 World Best Sommelier Competition after having reached the Semi Finals