“There is a story behind every wine. I love discovering these tales, and passing them on.”
Marc Almert is a sommelier. In fact, he’s one of the absolute elite of his trade — it’s not for nothing that he was crowned ASI Best Sommelier of the World 2019. Yet his excellence perhaps expresses itself most succinctly in his ability to approach all of the world’s wines with tremendous openness. Marc is always ready to learn and — most importantly — to have fun while doing it. And his enthusiasm is catching. As chef sommelier of Switzerland’s renowned Baur au Lac & Baur au Lac Vins, Marc works with the world’s finest bottles day in, day out. Yet he doesn’t view wine as inherently elitist. Quite the opposite: