The Wassersommelier Union e.V. (e.V. = eingetragener Verein / registered association) was founded on October 15 th, 2011 and was registered in the Munich Registrar of Associations on January 4th, 2012 (VR 204018).
The Wassersommelier Union e.V. (WSU) is a recognized Professional Association.
The Association’s objective is to promote the ideal and economic interests of the Water Sommeliers that result from their professional activity, and thus to promote the cultural beverage of natural mineral water and natural curative water.
The Association strives to advocate all of the interests of Water Sommeliers, including but not limited to vocational training and further education.
All ordinary members of the Professional Association are Certified Water Sommeliers who have successfully completed a rigorous two-week training programme at Doemens Academy in Graefelfing, Germany. The aim of the Association is to promote all matters concerning water sommeliers and to provide ongoing professional development opportunities. Events are regularly held to exchange ideas, experiences and opportunities with other members. As an international Professional Association with members from more than 25 countries, WSU offers events and professional development seminars in both German and English. 
164
Full Members
37
Sustaining Members
6
Cooperation Partners
Executive Committee
The Executive Committee according to Art. 26 German Civil Code [Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch; BGB] and Art. 9 of the articles of association is currently composed of the following members:
Jens Bunzel
1st Chair
Marion Schropp
2nd Chair
Dr. Peter Schropp
Managing Director
Assessors of the Executive Committee
Jonas Seidl
Werner Zimmermann
WSU-Representatives
Greater China Region – China, Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan
Our Mandarin-speaking members from the countries of China, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan are supported by WSU-Representatives, located in Taipei, Taiwan.
Yvonne Wu
Dr. Howard Hsia
Sustaining Members
A valuable membership opportunity!
The Water Sommelier Union offers companies and institutions that wish to support the work and goals of the WSU in an ideal and financial way the possibility to register as a sustaining member. More information can be found here.
We would hereby like to thank all of our sustaining members for their ongoing support!
Sustaining Members
A valuable membership opportunity!
The Water Sommelier Union offers companies and institutions that wish to support the work and goals of the WSU in an ideal and financial way the possibility to register as a sustaining member. More information can be found here.
We would hereby like to thank all of our sustaining members for their ongoing support!
Cooperation Partners
Together we can achieve more!
Would you like to partner with the Wassersommelier Union e.V. and enter into particularly profitable forms of cooperation? Then we look forward to hearing from you! Click here for the contact form.
We are already working with a cohort of committed partners who share our goals and values:
Articles of the Association
The Associations’s objectives
The association strives to advocate all of the interests of water sommeliers, including but not limited to vocational training and further education. Events will be organised for the exchange of experiences and ideas with other members. In addition to opportunities for further education, the regular meetings shall particularly provide for the possibility to actively exchange interests among the groups.
The Articles of Association of the Wassersommelier Union e.V. were established on Oct. 15, 2011, amended in the general meeting of Oct. 20, 2012 and in the aforementioned version revised in the general meeting of Sep. 22, 2018.