Master Sommelier
Suvad Zlatic
- Discipline
- Master Sommelier
i. Biography
Founder of Suwine, Suvad Zlatic is a Tyrolean with Bosnian roots whose work sits at the meeting point of wine service, dining-room discipline, and hospitality training. In a trade where technical authority can flatten the room, his profile is defined by steadiness: moving between front of house, education, and ownership without losing the guest-facing basics that make wine service work. The throughline is not spectacle but repetition, timing, and the ability to keep service open and measured.
The Climb
Court of Master Sommeliers Europe (2013) marked a formal step in Suvad Zlatic’s development, and the roles that followed show a career built across service, instruction, and management. As restaurant manager at à la Carte (2002–2006), he worked in the daily mechanics of the dining room, where pace, tone, and coordination shape the table as much as the list does. That kind of post demands more than oversight; it requires reading service as it happens and keeping the room moving without friction. From 2007, the dual role of Chef Sommelier and Maitre de Hotel added wine authority to floor leadership. It is a position that sits between cellar and dining room, asking for judgment in the glass and control of the service sequence. From 2009, he also became a WIFI Trainer for the department tourism at WIFI, extending that same practical knowledge into teaching. Across those posts, the pattern is clear: wine, service, and instruction, each reinforcing the other. That pattern later centered on Suwine, which he has led since 2017 as manager and owner and founder. The craft here is transfer: taking what is learned in service and competition and making it usable for others, whether through teaching, consulting, or running his own business.
Today
Today, Suvad Zlatic is the founder, manager, and owner of Suwine. His work combines wine expertise, hospitality practice, and international competition experience. That mix produces a profile grounded in service discipline rather than presentation alone: precise in technical matters, attentive in the room, and shaped by the demands of both customers and peers.
Career - Manager and Owner — Suwine (2017–present) - Educator on Wine University Krems — Wine University Krems (2017–present) - Founder — Suwine - Restaurant manager — à la Carte (2002–2006) - Chef Sommelier and Maitre de Hotel (from 2007) - WIFI Trainer for the department tourism — WIFI (from 2009) Education: Court of Master Sommeliers Europe; Court of Master Sommeliers Europe; Court of Master Sommeliers Europe; Court of Master Sommeliers Europe
Recognition
The recognitions attached to Zlatic’s name map a career that moved from restaurant service into competitive sommelier work and then into teaching and ownership. His recognition includes Master Sommelier (MS) (2026), ASI 9th Best Somm of the World, Best Sommelier of Austria (2021), 3rd Place, ASI Best Sommelier of Europe & Africa (2021), Rolling Pin Leader of the Year, Sommelier category, and ASI 16th Europe Best Sommelier. Taken together, those distinctions point to a career shaped by standards, repetition, and public evaluation. Suvad Zlatic’s work sits squarely in the trade: service as a craft, wine as a discipline, and hospitality as a practiced skill rather than a slogan.
FAQ Where did Suvad Zlatic train or study? Suvad Zlatic trained at Court of Master Sommeliers Europe and Court of Master Sommeliers Europe. What recognition has Suvad Zlatic received? Master Sommelier (MS) (2026).
