Video | Raimonds Thomsons on winning best sommelier of Europe
| This interview was first published in December 2017 on Euronews.
Riga and the Gauja region in Latvia were awarded the prestigious title of European Region of Gastronomy this year. This sparked our curiosity, as we couldn’t quite decide what Latvian cuisine really meant in our minds.
A two-hours plane journey , followed by a bumpy drive across the caramel-coloured forest countryside, later led us to Annas Hotel, a confidential design boutique hotel and spa. This was our first stop where we met Head Chef, Dzintars Kristovskis to find out more.
Next we drove to Riga, the capital, to meet sommelier Raimonds Thomsons. He was chosen to manage Vincents restaurant, the most famous gastronomic restaurant in the city, where prominent figures including Elton John, Queen Elizabeth and Paul Bocuse once dined.