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SUMMARY:WSET Level 1 Award in Wine (Intensive)
DESCRIPTION:27 May (Tue) | 11:45am-12:45pm | Speaker: Stephen Wong MW | Venue: The Academy\, Masterclasses Room 2 - Vinexpo Singapore\n\n\nExplore 11 exemplary wines from 8 of Austria’s most famed DAC’s. Starting with Sekt\, ending with sweet\, this masterclass sandwiches benchmark and contemporary wines with flair and typicity\, demonstrating how Austria’s native grapes and international varieties shine from a quality\, diversity and value POV.\n\n\n\nSpeaker:\n\nStephen Wong MW\n\nMalaysian-born Chinese\, Stephen Wong MW moved from Borneo to Singapore and finally to New Zealand to read Law at the University of Otago. While studying\, he worked in hospitality\, and as a club DJ\, catching the wine bug in the then-burgeoning wine scene of Central Otago in 2000.\n\nAfter moving to Wellington to complete his Barrister examinations\, he subsequently retrained as a sommelier while learning on the job. After seven years working in restaurants\, Stephen moved into consulting; helping hospitality businesses in New Zealand and Singapore develop their wine programs. He first started writing about wine for trade and industry magazines in 2007 and more recently\, Cuisine and The World of Wine\, Gourmet Traveller Wine and The Real Review.\n\nStephen gained his Master of Wine title in 2016 and has been actively involved in the IMW's education committee since passing he has taken on various roles\, co-coordinating the Australasian seminar\, and overseeing the Assignment Marking Scheme. He is now co-chair of the Institute's Diversity\, Inclusion and Transformation Committee. In an educational capacity\, he speaks at wine conferences in Asia\, Europe and New Zealand\, developed the foundational wine paper at Le Cordon Bleu NZ and runs wine courses for hospitality\, wine industry and the public as Wine Sentience. He works closely with New Zealand Winegrowers on education and masterclasses in the USA\, China & Hong Kong and Australia. Stephen is an Ambassador for Germany's VDP Estates\, and specialises in Burgundy\, Germany\, Austria\, New Zealand and natural wine.\n\nStephen started wine judging formally in 2012 with the national show that was (then) known as the Air New Zealand Wine Awards. He has judged wine every year since\, with the exception of 2020 at various shows in New Zealand\, Australia and China.\n\nAcross 2010-2012\, he nurtured the nascent natural wine movement in New Zealand by creating the country’s first three natural wine lists\, and was a co-organiser of NZ’s natural wine festival Budburst\, which ran from 2016 to 2018 and evolved into Nouvelle\, which ran from 2019 to 2022.\n\nFrom 2018 to 2024\, he provided en-premise support for French importer Maison Vauron\, specialising in Burgundy\, Rhône and Loire wines. In 2020\, Stephen co-founded Stompy (now TasteMPR)\, a wine tech startup in California built around a proprietary taste and palate identification algorithm. He is now involved in research on the application of algorithmic learning to aid in understanding taste aesthetics of wine.\n\n \n\nVinexpo Singapore:\n27 & 28 May\, 9:30-18:30 / 29 May\, 9:30- 17:30\nVenue: Marina Bay Sands\, Singapore\nRegister Your Badge
URL:https://mwminternational.com/events/wset-level-1-award-in-wine-intensive-14/
LOCATION:MWM Wine School\, 9th Floor\, Aberdeen Industrial Building\, 236 Aberdeen Main Road\, Aberdeen\, Hong Kong
CATEGORIES:Certificate Course,Wine,WSET,WSET L1 Wine
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SUMMARY:WSET Level 2 Award in Wine
DESCRIPTION:27 May (Tue) | 11:45am-12:45pm | Speaker: Stephen Wong MW | Venue: The Academy\, Masterclasses Room 2 - Vinexpo Singapore\n\n\nExplore 11 exemplary wines from 8 of Austria’s most famed DAC’s. Starting with Sekt\, ending with sweet\, this masterclass sandwiches benchmark and contemporary wines with flair and typicity\, demonstrating how Austria’s native grapes and international varieties shine from a quality\, diversity and value POV.\n\n\n\nSpeaker:\n\nStephen Wong MW\n\nMalaysian-born Chinese\, Stephen Wong MW moved from Borneo to Singapore and finally to New Zealand to read Law at the University of Otago. While studying\, he worked in hospitality\, and as a club DJ\, catching the wine bug in the then-burgeoning wine scene of Central Otago in 2000.\n\nAfter moving to Wellington to complete his Barrister examinations\, he subsequently retrained as a sommelier while learning on the job. After seven years working in restaurants\, Stephen moved into consulting; helping hospitality businesses in New Zealand and Singapore develop their wine programs. He first started writing about wine for trade and industry magazines in 2007 and more recently\, Cuisine and The World of Wine\, Gourmet Traveller Wine and The Real Review.\n\nStephen gained his Master of Wine title in 2016 and has been actively involved in the IMW's education committee since passing he has taken on various roles\, co-coordinating the Australasian seminar\, and overseeing the Assignment Marking Scheme. He is now co-chair of the Institute's Diversity\, Inclusion and Transformation Committee. In an educational capacity\, he speaks at wine conferences in Asia\, Europe and New Zealand\, developed the foundational wine paper at Le Cordon Bleu NZ and runs wine courses for hospitality\, wine industry and the public as Wine Sentience. He works closely with New Zealand Winegrowers on education and masterclasses in the USA\, China & Hong Kong and Australia. Stephen is an Ambassador for Germany's VDP Estates\, and specialises in Burgundy\, Germany\, Austria\, New Zealand and natural wine.\n\nStephen started wine judging formally in 2012 with the national show that was (then) known as the Air New Zealand Wine Awards. He has judged wine every year since\, with the exception of 2020 at various shows in New Zealand\, Australia and China.\n\nAcross 2010-2012\, he nurtured the nascent natural wine movement in New Zealand by creating the country’s first three natural wine lists\, and was a co-organiser of NZ’s natural wine festival Budburst\, which ran from 2016 to 2018 and evolved into Nouvelle\, which ran from 2019 to 2022.\n\nFrom 2018 to 2024\, he provided en-premise support for French importer Maison Vauron\, specialising in Burgundy\, Rhône and Loire wines. In 2020\, Stephen co-founded Stompy (now TasteMPR)\, a wine tech startup in California built around a proprietary taste and palate identification algorithm. He is now involved in research on the application of algorithmic learning to aid in understanding taste aesthetics of wine.\n\n \n\nVinexpo Singapore:\n27 & 28 May\, 9:30-18:30 / 29 May\, 9:30- 17:30\nVenue: Marina Bay Sands\, Singapore\nRegister Your Badge
URL:https://mwminternational.com/events/wset-level-2-award-in-wine-2/
LOCATION:MWM Wine School\, 9th Floor\, Aberdeen Industrial Building\, 236 Aberdeen Main Road\, Aberdeen\, Hong Kong
CATEGORIES:Wine,WSET,WSET L2 Wine
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SUMMARY:WSET Level 1 Award in Spirits (Intensive)
DESCRIPTION:27 May (Tue) | 11:45am-12:45pm | Speaker: Stephen Wong MW | Venue: The Academy\, Masterclasses Room 2 - Vinexpo Singapore\n\n\nExplore 11 exemplary wines from 8 of Austria’s most famed DAC’s. Starting with Sekt\, ending with sweet\, this masterclass sandwiches benchmark and contemporary wines with flair and typicity\, demonstrating how Austria’s native grapes and international varieties shine from a quality\, diversity and value POV.\n\n\n\nSpeaker:\n\nStephen Wong MW\n\nMalaysian-born Chinese\, Stephen Wong MW moved from Borneo to Singapore and finally to New Zealand to read Law at the University of Otago. While studying\, he worked in hospitality\, and as a club DJ\, catching the wine bug in the then-burgeoning wine scene of Central Otago in 2000.\n\nAfter moving to Wellington to complete his Barrister examinations\, he subsequently retrained as a sommelier while learning on the job. After seven years working in restaurants\, Stephen moved into consulting; helping hospitality businesses in New Zealand and Singapore develop their wine programs. He first started writing about wine for trade and industry magazines in 2007 and more recently\, Cuisine and The World of Wine\, Gourmet Traveller Wine and The Real Review.\n\nStephen gained his Master of Wine title in 2016 and has been actively involved in the IMW's education committee since passing he has taken on various roles\, co-coordinating the Australasian seminar\, and overseeing the Assignment Marking Scheme. He is now co-chair of the Institute's Diversity\, Inclusion and Transformation Committee. In an educational capacity\, he speaks at wine conferences in Asia\, Europe and New Zealand\, developed the foundational wine paper at Le Cordon Bleu NZ and runs wine courses for hospitality\, wine industry and the public as Wine Sentience. He works closely with New Zealand Winegrowers on education and masterclasses in the USA\, China & Hong Kong and Australia. Stephen is an Ambassador for Germany's VDP Estates\, and specialises in Burgundy\, Germany\, Austria\, New Zealand and natural wine.\n\nStephen started wine judging formally in 2012 with the national show that was (then) known as the Air New Zealand Wine Awards. He has judged wine every year since\, with the exception of 2020 at various shows in New Zealand\, Australia and China.\n\nAcross 2010-2012\, he nurtured the nascent natural wine movement in New Zealand by creating the country’s first three natural wine lists\, and was a co-organiser of NZ’s natural wine festival Budburst\, which ran from 2016 to 2018 and evolved into Nouvelle\, which ran from 2019 to 2022.\n\nFrom 2018 to 2024\, he provided en-premise support for French importer Maison Vauron\, specialising in Burgundy\, Rhône and Loire wines. In 2020\, Stephen co-founded Stompy (now TasteMPR)\, a wine tech startup in California built around a proprietary taste and palate identification algorithm. He is now involved in research on the application of algorithmic learning to aid in understanding taste aesthetics of wine.\n\n \n\nVinexpo Singapore:\n27 & 28 May\, 9:30-18:30 / 29 May\, 9:30- 17:30\nVenue: Marina Bay Sands\, Singapore\nRegister Your Badge
URL:https://mwminternational.com/events/wset-level-1-award-in-spirits-intensive-4/
LOCATION:MWM Wine School\, 9th Floor\, Aberdeen Industrial Building\, 236 Aberdeen Main Road\, Aberdeen\, Hong Kong
CATEGORIES:Spirits,WSET,WSET L1 Spirits
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20240928T120000
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SUMMARY:WSET Level 1 Award in Wine (Intensive)
DESCRIPTION:27 May (Tue) | 11:45am-12:45pm | Speaker: Stephen Wong MW | Venue: The Academy\, Masterclasses Room 2 - Vinexpo Singapore\n\n\nExplore 11 exemplary wines from 8 of Austria’s most famed DAC’s. Starting with Sekt\, ending with sweet\, this masterclass sandwiches benchmark and contemporary wines with flair and typicity\, demonstrating how Austria’s native grapes and international varieties shine from a quality\, diversity and value POV.\n\n\n\nSpeaker:\n\nStephen Wong MW\n\nMalaysian-born Chinese\, Stephen Wong MW moved from Borneo to Singapore and finally to New Zealand to read Law at the University of Otago. While studying\, he worked in hospitality\, and as a club DJ\, catching the wine bug in the then-burgeoning wine scene of Central Otago in 2000.\n\nAfter moving to Wellington to complete his Barrister examinations\, he subsequently retrained as a sommelier while learning on the job. After seven years working in restaurants\, Stephen moved into consulting; helping hospitality businesses in New Zealand and Singapore develop their wine programs. He first started writing about wine for trade and industry magazines in 2007 and more recently\, Cuisine and The World of Wine\, Gourmet Traveller Wine and The Real Review.\n\nStephen gained his Master of Wine title in 2016 and has been actively involved in the IMW's education committee since passing he has taken on various roles\, co-coordinating the Australasian seminar\, and overseeing the Assignment Marking Scheme. He is now co-chair of the Institute's Diversity\, Inclusion and Transformation Committee. In an educational capacity\, he speaks at wine conferences in Asia\, Europe and New Zealand\, developed the foundational wine paper at Le Cordon Bleu NZ and runs wine courses for hospitality\, wine industry and the public as Wine Sentience. He works closely with New Zealand Winegrowers on education and masterclasses in the USA\, China & Hong Kong and Australia. Stephen is an Ambassador for Germany's VDP Estates\, and specialises in Burgundy\, Germany\, Austria\, New Zealand and natural wine.\n\nStephen started wine judging formally in 2012 with the national show that was (then) known as the Air New Zealand Wine Awards. He has judged wine every year since\, with the exception of 2020 at various shows in New Zealand\, Australia and China.\n\nAcross 2010-2012\, he nurtured the nascent natural wine movement in New Zealand by creating the country’s first three natural wine lists\, and was a co-organiser of NZ’s natural wine festival Budburst\, which ran from 2016 to 2018 and evolved into Nouvelle\, which ran from 2019 to 2022.\n\nFrom 2018 to 2024\, he provided en-premise support for French importer Maison Vauron\, specialising in Burgundy\, Rhône and Loire wines. In 2020\, Stephen co-founded Stompy (now TasteMPR)\, a wine tech startup in California built around a proprietary taste and palate identification algorithm. He is now involved in research on the application of algorithmic learning to aid in understanding taste aesthetics of wine.\n\n \n\nVinexpo Singapore:\n27 & 28 May\, 9:30-18:30 / 29 May\, 9:30- 17:30\nVenue: Marina Bay Sands\, Singapore\nRegister Your Badge
URL:https://mwminternational.com/events/wset-level-1-award-in-wine-intensive-13/
LOCATION:MWM Wine School\, 9th Floor\, Aberdeen Industrial Building\, 236 Aberdeen Main Road\, Aberdeen\, Hong Kong
CATEGORIES:Certificate Course,Wine,WSET,WSET L1 Wine
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DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20240926T200000
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SUMMARY:TYP 2024 - Test Your Palate
DESCRIPTION:27 May (Tue) | 11:45am-12:45pm | Speaker: Stephen Wong MW | Venue: The Academy\, Masterclasses Room 2 - Vinexpo Singapore\n\n\nExplore 11 exemplary wines from 8 of Austria’s most famed DAC’s. Starting with Sekt\, ending with sweet\, this masterclass sandwiches benchmark and contemporary wines with flair and typicity\, demonstrating how Austria’s native grapes and international varieties shine from a quality\, diversity and value POV.\n\n\n\nSpeaker:\n\nStephen Wong MW\n\nMalaysian-born Chinese\, Stephen Wong MW moved from Borneo to Singapore and finally to New Zealand to read Law at the University of Otago. While studying\, he worked in hospitality\, and as a club DJ\, catching the wine bug in the then-burgeoning wine scene of Central Otago in 2000.\n\nAfter moving to Wellington to complete his Barrister examinations\, he subsequently retrained as a sommelier while learning on the job. After seven years working in restaurants\, Stephen moved into consulting; helping hospitality businesses in New Zealand and Singapore develop their wine programs. He first started writing about wine for trade and industry magazines in 2007 and more recently\, Cuisine and The World of Wine\, Gourmet Traveller Wine and The Real Review.\n\nStephen gained his Master of Wine title in 2016 and has been actively involved in the IMW's education committee since passing he has taken on various roles\, co-coordinating the Australasian seminar\, and overseeing the Assignment Marking Scheme. He is now co-chair of the Institute's Diversity\, Inclusion and Transformation Committee. In an educational capacity\, he speaks at wine conferences in Asia\, Europe and New Zealand\, developed the foundational wine paper at Le Cordon Bleu NZ and runs wine courses for hospitality\, wine industry and the public as Wine Sentience. He works closely with New Zealand Winegrowers on education and masterclasses in the USA\, China & Hong Kong and Australia. Stephen is an Ambassador for Germany's VDP Estates\, and specialises in Burgundy\, Germany\, Austria\, New Zealand and natural wine.\n\nStephen started wine judging formally in 2012 with the national show that was (then) known as the Air New Zealand Wine Awards. He has judged wine every year since\, with the exception of 2020 at various shows in New Zealand\, Australia and China.\n\nAcross 2010-2012\, he nurtured the nascent natural wine movement in New Zealand by creating the country’s first three natural wine lists\, and was a co-organiser of NZ’s natural wine festival Budburst\, which ran from 2016 to 2018 and evolved into Nouvelle\, which ran from 2019 to 2022.\n\nFrom 2018 to 2024\, he provided en-premise support for French importer Maison Vauron\, specialising in Burgundy\, Rhône and Loire wines. In 2020\, Stephen co-founded Stompy (now TasteMPR)\, a wine tech startup in California built around a proprietary taste and palate identification algorithm. He is now involved in research on the application of algorithmic learning to aid in understanding taste aesthetics of wine.\n\n \n\nVinexpo Singapore:\n27 & 28 May\, 9:30-18:30 / 29 May\, 9:30- 17:30\nVenue: Marina Bay Sands\, Singapore\nRegister Your Badge
URL:https://mwminternational.com/events/typ-2024-test-your-palate/
LOCATION:TheWell at Strand 50\, 2/F\, 50 Bonham Strand\, Sheung Wan
CATEGORIES:Festival,Spirits,Wine
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20240925T193000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20240925T220000
DTSTAMP:20260514T150524
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SUMMARY:BOTT 2024 - Bottles on the Table Dinner
DESCRIPTION:27 May (Tue) | 11:45am-12:45pm | Speaker: Stephen Wong MW | Venue: The Academy\, Masterclasses Room 2 - Vinexpo Singapore\n\n\nExplore 11 exemplary wines from 8 of Austria’s most famed DAC’s. Starting with Sekt\, ending with sweet\, this masterclass sandwiches benchmark and contemporary wines with flair and typicity\, demonstrating how Austria’s native grapes and international varieties shine from a quality\, diversity and value POV.\n\n\n\nSpeaker:\n\nStephen Wong MW\n\nMalaysian-born Chinese\, Stephen Wong MW moved from Borneo to Singapore and finally to New Zealand to read Law at the University of Otago. While studying\, he worked in hospitality\, and as a club DJ\, catching the wine bug in the then-burgeoning wine scene of Central Otago in 2000.\n\nAfter moving to Wellington to complete his Barrister examinations\, he subsequently retrained as a sommelier while learning on the job. After seven years working in restaurants\, Stephen moved into consulting; helping hospitality businesses in New Zealand and Singapore develop their wine programs. He first started writing about wine for trade and industry magazines in 2007 and more recently\, Cuisine and The World of Wine\, Gourmet Traveller Wine and The Real Review.\n\nStephen gained his Master of Wine title in 2016 and has been actively involved in the IMW's education committee since passing he has taken on various roles\, co-coordinating the Australasian seminar\, and overseeing the Assignment Marking Scheme. He is now co-chair of the Institute's Diversity\, Inclusion and Transformation Committee. In an educational capacity\, he speaks at wine conferences in Asia\, Europe and New Zealand\, developed the foundational wine paper at Le Cordon Bleu NZ and runs wine courses for hospitality\, wine industry and the public as Wine Sentience. He works closely with New Zealand Winegrowers on education and masterclasses in the USA\, China & Hong Kong and Australia. Stephen is an Ambassador for Germany's VDP Estates\, and specialises in Burgundy\, Germany\, Austria\, New Zealand and natural wine.\n\nStephen started wine judging formally in 2012 with the national show that was (then) known as the Air New Zealand Wine Awards. He has judged wine every year since\, with the exception of 2020 at various shows in New Zealand\, Australia and China.\n\nAcross 2010-2012\, he nurtured the nascent natural wine movement in New Zealand by creating the country’s first three natural wine lists\, and was a co-organiser of NZ’s natural wine festival Budburst\, which ran from 2016 to 2018 and evolved into Nouvelle\, which ran from 2019 to 2022.\n\nFrom 2018 to 2024\, he provided en-premise support for French importer Maison Vauron\, specialising in Burgundy\, Rhône and Loire wines. In 2020\, Stephen co-founded Stompy (now TasteMPR)\, a wine tech startup in California built around a proprietary taste and palate identification algorithm. He is now involved in research on the application of algorithmic learning to aid in understanding taste aesthetics of wine.\n\n \n\nVinexpo Singapore:\n27 & 28 May\, 9:30-18:30 / 29 May\, 9:30- 17:30\nVenue: Marina Bay Sands\, Singapore\nRegister Your Badge
URL:https://mwminternational.com/events/bott-2024-bottles-on-the-table-dinner/
LOCATION:Fu Bo Seafood Restaurant\, 2/F.\, Electric Road Municipal Service Building\, 229 Electric Road\, Fortress Hill\, Hong Kong
CATEGORIES:Dinner,Festival,Spirits,Wine
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20240921T120000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20240921T180000
DTSTAMP:20260514T150524
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SUMMARY:Capstone California: Introduction Level 1
DESCRIPTION:27 May (Tue) | 11:45am-12:45pm | Speaker: Stephen Wong MW | Venue: The Academy\, Masterclasses Room 2 - Vinexpo Singapore\n\n\nExplore 11 exemplary wines from 8 of Austria’s most famed DAC’s. Starting with Sekt\, ending with sweet\, this masterclass sandwiches benchmark and contemporary wines with flair and typicity\, demonstrating how Austria’s native grapes and international varieties shine from a quality\, diversity and value POV.\n\n\n\nSpeaker:\n\nStephen Wong MW\n\nMalaysian-born Chinese\, Stephen Wong MW moved from Borneo to Singapore and finally to New Zealand to read Law at the University of Otago. While studying\, he worked in hospitality\, and as a club DJ\, catching the wine bug in the then-burgeoning wine scene of Central Otago in 2000.\n\nAfter moving to Wellington to complete his Barrister examinations\, he subsequently retrained as a sommelier while learning on the job. After seven years working in restaurants\, Stephen moved into consulting; helping hospitality businesses in New Zealand and Singapore develop their wine programs. He first started writing about wine for trade and industry magazines in 2007 and more recently\, Cuisine and The World of Wine\, Gourmet Traveller Wine and The Real Review.\n\nStephen gained his Master of Wine title in 2016 and has been actively involved in the IMW's education committee since passing he has taken on various roles\, co-coordinating the Australasian seminar\, and overseeing the Assignment Marking Scheme. He is now co-chair of the Institute's Diversity\, Inclusion and Transformation Committee. In an educational capacity\, he speaks at wine conferences in Asia\, Europe and New Zealand\, developed the foundational wine paper at Le Cordon Bleu NZ and runs wine courses for hospitality\, wine industry and the public as Wine Sentience. He works closely with New Zealand Winegrowers on education and masterclasses in the USA\, China & Hong Kong and Australia. Stephen is an Ambassador for Germany's VDP Estates\, and specialises in Burgundy\, Germany\, Austria\, New Zealand and natural wine.\n\nStephen started wine judging formally in 2012 with the national show that was (then) known as the Air New Zealand Wine Awards. He has judged wine every year since\, with the exception of 2020 at various shows in New Zealand\, Australia and China.\n\nAcross 2010-2012\, he nurtured the nascent natural wine movement in New Zealand by creating the country’s first three natural wine lists\, and was a co-organiser of NZ’s natural wine festival Budburst\, which ran from 2016 to 2018 and evolved into Nouvelle\, which ran from 2019 to 2022.\n\nFrom 2018 to 2024\, he provided en-premise support for French importer Maison Vauron\, specialising in Burgundy\, Rhône and Loire wines. In 2020\, Stephen co-founded Stompy (now TasteMPR)\, a wine tech startup in California built around a proprietary taste and palate identification algorithm. He is now involved in research on the application of algorithmic learning to aid in understanding taste aesthetics of wine.\n\n \n\nVinexpo Singapore:\n27 & 28 May\, 9:30-18:30 / 29 May\, 9:30- 17:30\nVenue: Marina Bay Sands\, Singapore\nRegister Your Badge
URL:https://mwminternational.com/events/capstone-california-introduction-level-1/
LOCATION:MWM Wine School\, 9th Floor\, Aberdeen Industrial Building\, 236 Aberdeen Main Road\, Aberdeen\, Hong Kong
CATEGORIES:California Wine,Capstone California,Capstone Level 1,Certificate Course,Wine
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20240915T120000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20240915T180000
DTSTAMP:20260514T150524
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SUMMARY:The Whisky Ambassador
DESCRIPTION:27 May (Tue) | 11:45am-12:45pm | Speaker: Stephen Wong MW | Venue: The Academy\, Masterclasses Room 2 - Vinexpo Singapore\n\n\nExplore 11 exemplary wines from 8 of Austria’s most famed DAC’s. Starting with Sekt\, ending with sweet\, this masterclass sandwiches benchmark and contemporary wines with flair and typicity\, demonstrating how Austria’s native grapes and international varieties shine from a quality\, diversity and value POV.\n\n\n\nSpeaker:\n\nStephen Wong MW\n\nMalaysian-born Chinese\, Stephen Wong MW moved from Borneo to Singapore and finally to New Zealand to read Law at the University of Otago. While studying\, he worked in hospitality\, and as a club DJ\, catching the wine bug in the then-burgeoning wine scene of Central Otago in 2000.\n\nAfter moving to Wellington to complete his Barrister examinations\, he subsequently retrained as a sommelier while learning on the job. After seven years working in restaurants\, Stephen moved into consulting; helping hospitality businesses in New Zealand and Singapore develop their wine programs. He first started writing about wine for trade and industry magazines in 2007 and more recently\, Cuisine and The World of Wine\, Gourmet Traveller Wine and The Real Review.\n\nStephen gained his Master of Wine title in 2016 and has been actively involved in the IMW's education committee since passing he has taken on various roles\, co-coordinating the Australasian seminar\, and overseeing the Assignment Marking Scheme. He is now co-chair of the Institute's Diversity\, Inclusion and Transformation Committee. In an educational capacity\, he speaks at wine conferences in Asia\, Europe and New Zealand\, developed the foundational wine paper at Le Cordon Bleu NZ and runs wine courses for hospitality\, wine industry and the public as Wine Sentience. He works closely with New Zealand Winegrowers on education and masterclasses in the USA\, China & Hong Kong and Australia. Stephen is an Ambassador for Germany's VDP Estates\, and specialises in Burgundy\, Germany\, Austria\, New Zealand and natural wine.\n\nStephen started wine judging formally in 2012 with the national show that was (then) known as the Air New Zealand Wine Awards. He has judged wine every year since\, with the exception of 2020 at various shows in New Zealand\, Australia and China.\n\nAcross 2010-2012\, he nurtured the nascent natural wine movement in New Zealand by creating the country’s first three natural wine lists\, and was a co-organiser of NZ’s natural wine festival Budburst\, which ran from 2016 to 2018 and evolved into Nouvelle\, which ran from 2019 to 2022.\n\nFrom 2018 to 2024\, he provided en-premise support for French importer Maison Vauron\, specialising in Burgundy\, Rhône and Loire wines. In 2020\, Stephen co-founded Stompy (now TasteMPR)\, a wine tech startup in California built around a proprietary taste and palate identification algorithm. He is now involved in research on the application of algorithmic learning to aid in understanding taste aesthetics of wine.\n\n \n\nVinexpo Singapore:\n27 & 28 May\, 9:30-18:30 / 29 May\, 9:30- 17:30\nVenue: Marina Bay Sands\, Singapore\nRegister Your Badge
URL:https://mwminternational.com/events/the-whisky-ambassador/
LOCATION:MWM Wine School\, 9th Floor\, Aberdeen Industrial Building\, 236 Aberdeen Main Road\, Aberdeen\, Hong Kong
CATEGORIES:Certificate Course,Spirits,Whisky Ambassador
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20240906T180000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20240906T200000
DTSTAMP:20260514T150524
CREATED:20240802T044404Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240813T045808Z
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SUMMARY:Sip & Spit: Wines of Japan & Sake
DESCRIPTION:27 May (Tue) | 11:45am-12:45pm | Speaker: Stephen Wong MW | Venue: The Academy\, Masterclasses Room 2 - Vinexpo Singapore\n\n\nExplore 11 exemplary wines from 8 of Austria’s most famed DAC’s. Starting with Sekt\, ending with sweet\, this masterclass sandwiches benchmark and contemporary wines with flair and typicity\, demonstrating how Austria’s native grapes and international varieties shine from a quality\, diversity and value POV.\n\n\n\nSpeaker:\n\nStephen Wong MW\n\nMalaysian-born Chinese\, Stephen Wong MW moved from Borneo to Singapore and finally to New Zealand to read Law at the University of Otago. While studying\, he worked in hospitality\, and as a club DJ\, catching the wine bug in the then-burgeoning wine scene of Central Otago in 2000.\n\nAfter moving to Wellington to complete his Barrister examinations\, he subsequently retrained as a sommelier while learning on the job. After seven years working in restaurants\, Stephen moved into consulting; helping hospitality businesses in New Zealand and Singapore develop their wine programs. He first started writing about wine for trade and industry magazines in 2007 and more recently\, Cuisine and The World of Wine\, Gourmet Traveller Wine and The Real Review.\n\nStephen gained his Master of Wine title in 2016 and has been actively involved in the IMW's education committee since passing he has taken on various roles\, co-coordinating the Australasian seminar\, and overseeing the Assignment Marking Scheme. He is now co-chair of the Institute's Diversity\, Inclusion and Transformation Committee. In an educational capacity\, he speaks at wine conferences in Asia\, Europe and New Zealand\, developed the foundational wine paper at Le Cordon Bleu NZ and runs wine courses for hospitality\, wine industry and the public as Wine Sentience. He works closely with New Zealand Winegrowers on education and masterclasses in the USA\, China & Hong Kong and Australia. Stephen is an Ambassador for Germany's VDP Estates\, and specialises in Burgundy\, Germany\, Austria\, New Zealand and natural wine.\n\nStephen started wine judging formally in 2012 with the national show that was (then) known as the Air New Zealand Wine Awards. He has judged wine every year since\, with the exception of 2020 at various shows in New Zealand\, Australia and China.\n\nAcross 2010-2012\, he nurtured the nascent natural wine movement in New Zealand by creating the country’s first three natural wine lists\, and was a co-organiser of NZ’s natural wine festival Budburst\, which ran from 2016 to 2018 and evolved into Nouvelle\, which ran from 2019 to 2022.\n\nFrom 2018 to 2024\, he provided en-premise support for French importer Maison Vauron\, specialising in Burgundy\, Rhône and Loire wines. In 2020\, Stephen co-founded Stompy (now TasteMPR)\, a wine tech startup in California built around a proprietary taste and palate identification algorithm. He is now involved in research on the application of algorithmic learning to aid in understanding taste aesthetics of wine.\n\n \n\nVinexpo Singapore:\n27 & 28 May\, 9:30-18:30 / 29 May\, 9:30- 17:30\nVenue: Marina Bay Sands\, Singapore\nRegister Your Badge
URL:https://mwminternational.com/events/sip-spit-wines-of-japan-sake/
LOCATION:MWM Wine School\, 9th Floor\, Aberdeen Industrial Building\, 236 Aberdeen Main Road\, Aberdeen\, Hong Kong
CATEGORIES:Festival,Wine
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20240904T143000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20240904T153000
DTSTAMP:20260514T150524
CREATED:20240809T041104Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240828T234001Z
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SUMMARY:Taste The Grape: Aglianico of Italy
DESCRIPTION:27 May (Tue) | 11:45am-12:45pm | Speaker: Stephen Wong MW | Venue: The Academy\, Masterclasses Room 2 - Vinexpo Singapore\n\n\nExplore 11 exemplary wines from 8 of Austria’s most famed DAC’s. Starting with Sekt\, ending with sweet\, this masterclass sandwiches benchmark and contemporary wines with flair and typicity\, demonstrating how Austria’s native grapes and international varieties shine from a quality\, diversity and value POV.\n\n\n\nSpeaker:\n\nStephen Wong MW\n\nMalaysian-born Chinese\, Stephen Wong MW moved from Borneo to Singapore and finally to New Zealand to read Law at the University of Otago. While studying\, he worked in hospitality\, and as a club DJ\, catching the wine bug in the then-burgeoning wine scene of Central Otago in 2000.\n\nAfter moving to Wellington to complete his Barrister examinations\, he subsequently retrained as a sommelier while learning on the job. After seven years working in restaurants\, Stephen moved into consulting; helping hospitality businesses in New Zealand and Singapore develop their wine programs. He first started writing about wine for trade and industry magazines in 2007 and more recently\, Cuisine and The World of Wine\, Gourmet Traveller Wine and The Real Review.\n\nStephen gained his Master of Wine title in 2016 and has been actively involved in the IMW's education committee since passing he has taken on various roles\, co-coordinating the Australasian seminar\, and overseeing the Assignment Marking Scheme. He is now co-chair of the Institute's Diversity\, Inclusion and Transformation Committee. In an educational capacity\, he speaks at wine conferences in Asia\, Europe and New Zealand\, developed the foundational wine paper at Le Cordon Bleu NZ and runs wine courses for hospitality\, wine industry and the public as Wine Sentience. He works closely with New Zealand Winegrowers on education and masterclasses in the USA\, China & Hong Kong and Australia. Stephen is an Ambassador for Germany's VDP Estates\, and specialises in Burgundy\, Germany\, Austria\, New Zealand and natural wine.\n\nStephen started wine judging formally in 2012 with the national show that was (then) known as the Air New Zealand Wine Awards. He has judged wine every year since\, with the exception of 2020 at various shows in New Zealand\, Australia and China.\n\nAcross 2010-2012\, he nurtured the nascent natural wine movement in New Zealand by creating the country’s first three natural wine lists\, and was a co-organiser of NZ’s natural wine festival Budburst\, which ran from 2016 to 2018 and evolved into Nouvelle\, which ran from 2019 to 2022.\n\nFrom 2018 to 2024\, he provided en-premise support for French importer Maison Vauron\, specialising in Burgundy\, Rhône and Loire wines. In 2020\, Stephen co-founded Stompy (now TasteMPR)\, a wine tech startup in California built around a proprietary taste and palate identification algorithm. He is now involved in research on the application of algorithmic learning to aid in understanding taste aesthetics of wine.\n\n \n\nVinexpo Singapore:\n27 & 28 May\, 9:30-18:30 / 29 May\, 9:30- 17:30\nVenue: Marina Bay Sands\, Singapore\nRegister Your Badge
URL:https://mwminternational.com/events/grape-talk-aglianico-of-italy/
LOCATION:Restaurant\, Bar & Café Hong Kong\, Hall 5\, Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre\, Wan Chai\, Hong Kong
CATEGORIES:Industry Events,Italian Wine,Wine,Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20240903T143000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20240903T153000
DTSTAMP:20260514T150524
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SUMMARY:Taste the Grape: California's Varieties
DESCRIPTION:27 May (Tue) | 11:45am-12:45pm | Speaker: Stephen Wong MW | Venue: The Academy\, Masterclasses Room 2 - Vinexpo Singapore\n\n\nExplore 11 exemplary wines from 8 of Austria’s most famed DAC’s. Starting with Sekt\, ending with sweet\, this masterclass sandwiches benchmark and contemporary wines with flair and typicity\, demonstrating how Austria’s native grapes and international varieties shine from a quality\, diversity and value POV.\n\n\n\nSpeaker:\n\nStephen Wong MW\n\nMalaysian-born Chinese\, Stephen Wong MW moved from Borneo to Singapore and finally to New Zealand to read Law at the University of Otago. While studying\, he worked in hospitality\, and as a club DJ\, catching the wine bug in the then-burgeoning wine scene of Central Otago in 2000.\n\nAfter moving to Wellington to complete his Barrister examinations\, he subsequently retrained as a sommelier while learning on the job. After seven years working in restaurants\, Stephen moved into consulting; helping hospitality businesses in New Zealand and Singapore develop their wine programs. He first started writing about wine for trade and industry magazines in 2007 and more recently\, Cuisine and The World of Wine\, Gourmet Traveller Wine and The Real Review.\n\nStephen gained his Master of Wine title in 2016 and has been actively involved in the IMW's education committee since passing he has taken on various roles\, co-coordinating the Australasian seminar\, and overseeing the Assignment Marking Scheme. He is now co-chair of the Institute's Diversity\, Inclusion and Transformation Committee. In an educational capacity\, he speaks at wine conferences in Asia\, Europe and New Zealand\, developed the foundational wine paper at Le Cordon Bleu NZ and runs wine courses for hospitality\, wine industry and the public as Wine Sentience. He works closely with New Zealand Winegrowers on education and masterclasses in the USA\, China & Hong Kong and Australia. Stephen is an Ambassador for Germany's VDP Estates\, and specialises in Burgundy\, Germany\, Austria\, New Zealand and natural wine.\n\nStephen started wine judging formally in 2012 with the national show that was (then) known as the Air New Zealand Wine Awards. He has judged wine every year since\, with the exception of 2020 at various shows in New Zealand\, Australia and China.\n\nAcross 2010-2012\, he nurtured the nascent natural wine movement in New Zealand by creating the country’s first three natural wine lists\, and was a co-organiser of NZ’s natural wine festival Budburst\, which ran from 2016 to 2018 and evolved into Nouvelle\, which ran from 2019 to 2022.\n\nFrom 2018 to 2024\, he provided en-premise support for French importer Maison Vauron\, specialising in Burgundy\, Rhône and Loire wines. In 2020\, Stephen co-founded Stompy (now TasteMPR)\, a wine tech startup in California built around a proprietary taste and palate identification algorithm. He is now involved in research on the application of algorithmic learning to aid in understanding taste aesthetics of wine.\n\n \n\nVinexpo Singapore:\n27 & 28 May\, 9:30-18:30 / 29 May\, 9:30- 17:30\nVenue: Marina Bay Sands\, Singapore\nRegister Your Badge
URL:https://mwminternational.com/events/grape-talk-californias-varieties/
LOCATION:Restaurant\, Bar & Café Hong Kong\, Hall 5\, Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre\, Wan Chai\, Hong Kong
CATEGORIES:California Wine,Industry Events,Wine,Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20240817T140000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20240817T190000
DTSTAMP:20260514T150524
CREATED:20240705T082736Z
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SUMMARY:WSET Level 1 Award in Wine (Intensive)
DESCRIPTION:27 May (Tue) | 11:45am-12:45pm | Speaker: Stephen Wong MW | Venue: The Academy\, Masterclasses Room 2 - Vinexpo Singapore\n\n\nExplore 11 exemplary wines from 8 of Austria’s most famed DAC’s. Starting with Sekt\, ending with sweet\, this masterclass sandwiches benchmark and contemporary wines with flair and typicity\, demonstrating how Austria’s native grapes and international varieties shine from a quality\, diversity and value POV.\n\n\n\nSpeaker:\n\nStephen Wong MW\n\nMalaysian-born Chinese\, Stephen Wong MW moved from Borneo to Singapore and finally to New Zealand to read Law at the University of Otago. While studying\, he worked in hospitality\, and as a club DJ\, catching the wine bug in the then-burgeoning wine scene of Central Otago in 2000.\n\nAfter moving to Wellington to complete his Barrister examinations\, he subsequently retrained as a sommelier while learning on the job. After seven years working in restaurants\, Stephen moved into consulting; helping hospitality businesses in New Zealand and Singapore develop their wine programs. He first started writing about wine for trade and industry magazines in 2007 and more recently\, Cuisine and The World of Wine\, Gourmet Traveller Wine and The Real Review.\n\nStephen gained his Master of Wine title in 2016 and has been actively involved in the IMW's education committee since passing he has taken on various roles\, co-coordinating the Australasian seminar\, and overseeing the Assignment Marking Scheme. He is now co-chair of the Institute's Diversity\, Inclusion and Transformation Committee. In an educational capacity\, he speaks at wine conferences in Asia\, Europe and New Zealand\, developed the foundational wine paper at Le Cordon Bleu NZ and runs wine courses for hospitality\, wine industry and the public as Wine Sentience. He works closely with New Zealand Winegrowers on education and masterclasses in the USA\, China & Hong Kong and Australia. Stephen is an Ambassador for Germany's VDP Estates\, and specialises in Burgundy\, Germany\, Austria\, New Zealand and natural wine.\n\nStephen started wine judging formally in 2012 with the national show that was (then) known as the Air New Zealand Wine Awards. He has judged wine every year since\, with the exception of 2020 at various shows in New Zealand\, Australia and China.\n\nAcross 2010-2012\, he nurtured the nascent natural wine movement in New Zealand by creating the country’s first three natural wine lists\, and was a co-organiser of NZ’s natural wine festival Budburst\, which ran from 2016 to 2018 and evolved into Nouvelle\, which ran from 2019 to 2022.\n\nFrom 2018 to 2024\, he provided en-premise support for French importer Maison Vauron\, specialising in Burgundy\, Rhône and Loire wines. In 2020\, Stephen co-founded Stompy (now TasteMPR)\, a wine tech startup in California built around a proprietary taste and palate identification algorithm. He is now involved in research on the application of algorithmic learning to aid in understanding taste aesthetics of wine.\n\n \n\nVinexpo Singapore:\n27 & 28 May\, 9:30-18:30 / 29 May\, 9:30- 17:30\nVenue: Marina Bay Sands\, Singapore\nRegister Your Badge
URL:https://mwminternational.com/events/wset-level-1-award-in-wine-intensive-12/
LOCATION:MWM Wine School\, 9th Floor\, Aberdeen Industrial Building\, 236 Aberdeen Main Road\, Aberdeen\, Hong Kong
CATEGORIES:Certificate Course,Wine,WSET,WSET L1 Wine
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20240810T130000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20240810T190000
DTSTAMP:20260514T150524
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SUMMARY:Italian Wine Foundation
DESCRIPTION:27 May (Tue) | 11:45am-12:45pm | Speaker: Stephen Wong MW | Venue: The Academy\, Masterclasses Room 2 - Vinexpo Singapore\n\n\nExplore 11 exemplary wines from 8 of Austria’s most famed DAC’s. Starting with Sekt\, ending with sweet\, this masterclass sandwiches benchmark and contemporary wines with flair and typicity\, demonstrating how Austria’s native grapes and international varieties shine from a quality\, diversity and value POV.\n\n\n\nSpeaker:\n\nStephen Wong MW\n\nMalaysian-born Chinese\, Stephen Wong MW moved from Borneo to Singapore and finally to New Zealand to read Law at the University of Otago. While studying\, he worked in hospitality\, and as a club DJ\, catching the wine bug in the then-burgeoning wine scene of Central Otago in 2000.\n\nAfter moving to Wellington to complete his Barrister examinations\, he subsequently retrained as a sommelier while learning on the job. After seven years working in restaurants\, Stephen moved into consulting; helping hospitality businesses in New Zealand and Singapore develop their wine programs. He first started writing about wine for trade and industry magazines in 2007 and more recently\, Cuisine and The World of Wine\, Gourmet Traveller Wine and The Real Review.\n\nStephen gained his Master of Wine title in 2016 and has been actively involved in the IMW's education committee since passing he has taken on various roles\, co-coordinating the Australasian seminar\, and overseeing the Assignment Marking Scheme. He is now co-chair of the Institute's Diversity\, Inclusion and Transformation Committee. In an educational capacity\, he speaks at wine conferences in Asia\, Europe and New Zealand\, developed the foundational wine paper at Le Cordon Bleu NZ and runs wine courses for hospitality\, wine industry and the public as Wine Sentience. He works closely with New Zealand Winegrowers on education and masterclasses in the USA\, China & Hong Kong and Australia. Stephen is an Ambassador for Germany's VDP Estates\, and specialises in Burgundy\, Germany\, Austria\, New Zealand and natural wine.\n\nStephen started wine judging formally in 2012 with the national show that was (then) known as the Air New Zealand Wine Awards. He has judged wine every year since\, with the exception of 2020 at various shows in New Zealand\, Australia and China.\n\nAcross 2010-2012\, he nurtured the nascent natural wine movement in New Zealand by creating the country’s first three natural wine lists\, and was a co-organiser of NZ’s natural wine festival Budburst\, which ran from 2016 to 2018 and evolved into Nouvelle\, which ran from 2019 to 2022.\n\nFrom 2018 to 2024\, he provided en-premise support for French importer Maison Vauron\, specialising in Burgundy\, Rhône and Loire wines. In 2020\, Stephen co-founded Stompy (now TasteMPR)\, a wine tech startup in California built around a proprietary taste and palate identification algorithm. He is now involved in research on the application of algorithmic learning to aid in understanding taste aesthetics of wine.\n\n \n\nVinexpo Singapore:\n27 & 28 May\, 9:30-18:30 / 29 May\, 9:30- 17:30\nVenue: Marina Bay Sands\, Singapore\nRegister Your Badge
URL:https://mwminternational.com/events/italian-wine-foundation/
LOCATION:MWM Wine School\, 9th Floor\, Aberdeen Industrial Building\, 236 Aberdeen Main Road\, Aberdeen\, Hong Kong
CATEGORIES:Italian Wine,Wine,Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20240808T120000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20240808T173000
DTSTAMP:20260514T150524
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SUMMARY:WSET Level 2 Award in Wine (Intensive)
DESCRIPTION:27 May (Tue) | 11:45am-12:45pm | Speaker: Stephen Wong MW | Venue: The Academy\, Masterclasses Room 2 - Vinexpo Singapore\n\n\nExplore 11 exemplary wines from 8 of Austria’s most famed DAC’s. Starting with Sekt\, ending with sweet\, this masterclass sandwiches benchmark and contemporary wines with flair and typicity\, demonstrating how Austria’s native grapes and international varieties shine from a quality\, diversity and value POV.\n\n\n\nSpeaker:\n\nStephen Wong MW\n\nMalaysian-born Chinese\, Stephen Wong MW moved from Borneo to Singapore and finally to New Zealand to read Law at the University of Otago. While studying\, he worked in hospitality\, and as a club DJ\, catching the wine bug in the then-burgeoning wine scene of Central Otago in 2000.\n\nAfter moving to Wellington to complete his Barrister examinations\, he subsequently retrained as a sommelier while learning on the job. After seven years working in restaurants\, Stephen moved into consulting; helping hospitality businesses in New Zealand and Singapore develop their wine programs. He first started writing about wine for trade and industry magazines in 2007 and more recently\, Cuisine and The World of Wine\, Gourmet Traveller Wine and The Real Review.\n\nStephen gained his Master of Wine title in 2016 and has been actively involved in the IMW's education committee since passing he has taken on various roles\, co-coordinating the Australasian seminar\, and overseeing the Assignment Marking Scheme. He is now co-chair of the Institute's Diversity\, Inclusion and Transformation Committee. In an educational capacity\, he speaks at wine conferences in Asia\, Europe and New Zealand\, developed the foundational wine paper at Le Cordon Bleu NZ and runs wine courses for hospitality\, wine industry and the public as Wine Sentience. He works closely with New Zealand Winegrowers on education and masterclasses in the USA\, China & Hong Kong and Australia. Stephen is an Ambassador for Germany's VDP Estates\, and specialises in Burgundy\, Germany\, Austria\, New Zealand and natural wine.\n\nStephen started wine judging formally in 2012 with the national show that was (then) known as the Air New Zealand Wine Awards. He has judged wine every year since\, with the exception of 2020 at various shows in New Zealand\, Australia and China.\n\nAcross 2010-2012\, he nurtured the nascent natural wine movement in New Zealand by creating the country’s first three natural wine lists\, and was a co-organiser of NZ’s natural wine festival Budburst\, which ran from 2016 to 2018 and evolved into Nouvelle\, which ran from 2019 to 2022.\n\nFrom 2018 to 2024\, he provided en-premise support for French importer Maison Vauron\, specialising in Burgundy\, Rhône and Loire wines. In 2020\, Stephen co-founded Stompy (now TasteMPR)\, a wine tech startup in California built around a proprietary taste and palate identification algorithm. He is now involved in research on the application of algorithmic learning to aid in understanding taste aesthetics of wine.\n\n \n\nVinexpo Singapore:\n27 & 28 May\, 9:30-18:30 / 29 May\, 9:30- 17:30\nVenue: Marina Bay Sands\, Singapore\nRegister Your Badge
URL:https://mwminternational.com/events/wset-level-2-award-in-wine-intensive-11/
LOCATION:MWM Wine School\, 9th Floor\, Aberdeen Industrial Building\, 236 Aberdeen Main Road\, Aberdeen\, Hong Kong
CATEGORIES:Wine,WSET,WSET L2 Wine
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20240802T180000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20240802T200000
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SUMMARY:Rinse Your Glass for California Wine Tasting
DESCRIPTION:27 May (Tue) | 11:45am-12:45pm | Speaker: Stephen Wong MW | Venue: The Academy\, Masterclasses Room 2 - Vinexpo Singapore\n\n\nExplore 11 exemplary wines from 8 of Austria’s most famed DAC’s. Starting with Sekt\, ending with sweet\, this masterclass sandwiches benchmark and contemporary wines with flair and typicity\, demonstrating how Austria’s native grapes and international varieties shine from a quality\, diversity and value POV.\n\n\n\nSpeaker:\n\nStephen Wong MW\n\nMalaysian-born Chinese\, Stephen Wong MW moved from Borneo to Singapore and finally to New Zealand to read Law at the University of Otago. While studying\, he worked in hospitality\, and as a club DJ\, catching the wine bug in the then-burgeoning wine scene of Central Otago in 2000.\n\nAfter moving to Wellington to complete his Barrister examinations\, he subsequently retrained as a sommelier while learning on the job. After seven years working in restaurants\, Stephen moved into consulting; helping hospitality businesses in New Zealand and Singapore develop their wine programs. He first started writing about wine for trade and industry magazines in 2007 and more recently\, Cuisine and The World of Wine\, Gourmet Traveller Wine and The Real Review.\n\nStephen gained his Master of Wine title in 2016 and has been actively involved in the IMW's education committee since passing he has taken on various roles\, co-coordinating the Australasian seminar\, and overseeing the Assignment Marking Scheme. He is now co-chair of the Institute's Diversity\, Inclusion and Transformation Committee. In an educational capacity\, he speaks at wine conferences in Asia\, Europe and New Zealand\, developed the foundational wine paper at Le Cordon Bleu NZ and runs wine courses for hospitality\, wine industry and the public as Wine Sentience. He works closely with New Zealand Winegrowers on education and masterclasses in the USA\, China & Hong Kong and Australia. Stephen is an Ambassador for Germany's VDP Estates\, and specialises in Burgundy\, Germany\, Austria\, New Zealand and natural wine.\n\nStephen started wine judging formally in 2012 with the national show that was (then) known as the Air New Zealand Wine Awards. He has judged wine every year since\, with the exception of 2020 at various shows in New Zealand\, Australia and China.\n\nAcross 2010-2012\, he nurtured the nascent natural wine movement in New Zealand by creating the country’s first three natural wine lists\, and was a co-organiser of NZ’s natural wine festival Budburst\, which ran from 2016 to 2018 and evolved into Nouvelle\, which ran from 2019 to 2022.\n\nFrom 2018 to 2024\, he provided en-premise support for French importer Maison Vauron\, specialising in Burgundy\, Rhône and Loire wines. In 2020\, Stephen co-founded Stompy (now TasteMPR)\, a wine tech startup in California built around a proprietary taste and palate identification algorithm. He is now involved in research on the application of algorithmic learning to aid in understanding taste aesthetics of wine.\n\n \n\nVinexpo Singapore:\n27 & 28 May\, 9:30-18:30 / 29 May\, 9:30- 17:30\nVenue: Marina Bay Sands\, Singapore\nRegister Your Badge
URL:https://mwminternational.com/events/california-tasting/
LOCATION:TheWell at Strand 50\, 2/F\, 50 Bonham Strand\, Sheung Wan
CATEGORIES:California Wine,Festival,Wine
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20240727T120000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20240727T180000
DTSTAMP:20260514T150524
CREATED:20240520T082548Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240705T082458Z
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SUMMARY:WSET Level 1 Award in Wine (Intensive)
DESCRIPTION:27 May (Tue) | 11:45am-12:45pm | Speaker: Stephen Wong MW | Venue: The Academy\, Masterclasses Room 2 - Vinexpo Singapore\n\n\nExplore 11 exemplary wines from 8 of Austria’s most famed DAC’s. Starting with Sekt\, ending with sweet\, this masterclass sandwiches benchmark and contemporary wines with flair and typicity\, demonstrating how Austria’s native grapes and international varieties shine from a quality\, diversity and value POV.\n\n\n\nSpeaker:\n\nStephen Wong MW\n\nMalaysian-born Chinese\, Stephen Wong MW moved from Borneo to Singapore and finally to New Zealand to read Law at the University of Otago. While studying\, he worked in hospitality\, and as a club DJ\, catching the wine bug in the then-burgeoning wine scene of Central Otago in 2000.\n\nAfter moving to Wellington to complete his Barrister examinations\, he subsequently retrained as a sommelier while learning on the job. After seven years working in restaurants\, Stephen moved into consulting; helping hospitality businesses in New Zealand and Singapore develop their wine programs. He first started writing about wine for trade and industry magazines in 2007 and more recently\, Cuisine and The World of Wine\, Gourmet Traveller Wine and The Real Review.\n\nStephen gained his Master of Wine title in 2016 and has been actively involved in the IMW's education committee since passing he has taken on various roles\, co-coordinating the Australasian seminar\, and overseeing the Assignment Marking Scheme. He is now co-chair of the Institute's Diversity\, Inclusion and Transformation Committee. In an educational capacity\, he speaks at wine conferences in Asia\, Europe and New Zealand\, developed the foundational wine paper at Le Cordon Bleu NZ and runs wine courses for hospitality\, wine industry and the public as Wine Sentience. He works closely with New Zealand Winegrowers on education and masterclasses in the USA\, China & Hong Kong and Australia. Stephen is an Ambassador for Germany's VDP Estates\, and specialises in Burgundy\, Germany\, Austria\, New Zealand and natural wine.\n\nStephen started wine judging formally in 2012 with the national show that was (then) known as the Air New Zealand Wine Awards. He has judged wine every year since\, with the exception of 2020 at various shows in New Zealand\, Australia and China.\n\nAcross 2010-2012\, he nurtured the nascent natural wine movement in New Zealand by creating the country’s first three natural wine lists\, and was a co-organiser of NZ’s natural wine festival Budburst\, which ran from 2016 to 2018 and evolved into Nouvelle\, which ran from 2019 to 2022.\n\nFrom 2018 to 2024\, he provided en-premise support for French importer Maison Vauron\, specialising in Burgundy\, Rhône and Loire wines. In 2020\, Stephen co-founded Stompy (now TasteMPR)\, a wine tech startup in California built around a proprietary taste and palate identification algorithm. He is now involved in research on the application of algorithmic learning to aid in understanding taste aesthetics of wine.\n\n \n\nVinexpo Singapore:\n27 & 28 May\, 9:30-18:30 / 29 May\, 9:30- 17:30\nVenue: Marina Bay Sands\, Singapore\nRegister Your Badge
URL:https://mwminternational.com/events/wset-level-1-award-in-wine-intensive-11/
LOCATION:MWM Wine School\, 9th Floor\, Aberdeen Industrial Building\, 236 Aberdeen Main Road\, Aberdeen\, Hong Kong
CATEGORIES:Certificate Course,Wine,WSET,WSET L1 Wine
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20240616T120000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20240616T170000
DTSTAMP:20260514T150524
CREATED:20240410T083127Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240425T024631Z
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SUMMARY:WSET Level 2 Award in Spirits (Intensive)
DESCRIPTION:27 May (Tue) | 11:45am-12:45pm | Speaker: Stephen Wong MW | Venue: The Academy\, Masterclasses Room 2 - Vinexpo Singapore\n\n\nExplore 11 exemplary wines from 8 of Austria’s most famed DAC’s. Starting with Sekt\, ending with sweet\, this masterclass sandwiches benchmark and contemporary wines with flair and typicity\, demonstrating how Austria’s native grapes and international varieties shine from a quality\, diversity and value POV.\n\n\n\nSpeaker:\n\nStephen Wong MW\n\nMalaysian-born Chinese\, Stephen Wong MW moved from Borneo to Singapore and finally to New Zealand to read Law at the University of Otago. While studying\, he worked in hospitality\, and as a club DJ\, catching the wine bug in the then-burgeoning wine scene of Central Otago in 2000.\n\nAfter moving to Wellington to complete his Barrister examinations\, he subsequently retrained as a sommelier while learning on the job. After seven years working in restaurants\, Stephen moved into consulting; helping hospitality businesses in New Zealand and Singapore develop their wine programs. He first started writing about wine for trade and industry magazines in 2007 and more recently\, Cuisine and The World of Wine\, Gourmet Traveller Wine and The Real Review.\n\nStephen gained his Master of Wine title in 2016 and has been actively involved in the IMW's education committee since passing he has taken on various roles\, co-coordinating the Australasian seminar\, and overseeing the Assignment Marking Scheme. He is now co-chair of the Institute's Diversity\, Inclusion and Transformation Committee. In an educational capacity\, he speaks at wine conferences in Asia\, Europe and New Zealand\, developed the foundational wine paper at Le Cordon Bleu NZ and runs wine courses for hospitality\, wine industry and the public as Wine Sentience. He works closely with New Zealand Winegrowers on education and masterclasses in the USA\, China & Hong Kong and Australia. Stephen is an Ambassador for Germany's VDP Estates\, and specialises in Burgundy\, Germany\, Austria\, New Zealand and natural wine.\n\nStephen started wine judging formally in 2012 with the national show that was (then) known as the Air New Zealand Wine Awards. He has judged wine every year since\, with the exception of 2020 at various shows in New Zealand\, Australia and China.\n\nAcross 2010-2012\, he nurtured the nascent natural wine movement in New Zealand by creating the country’s first three natural wine lists\, and was a co-organiser of NZ’s natural wine festival Budburst\, which ran from 2016 to 2018 and evolved into Nouvelle\, which ran from 2019 to 2022.\n\nFrom 2018 to 2024\, he provided en-premise support for French importer Maison Vauron\, specialising in Burgundy\, Rhône and Loire wines. In 2020\, Stephen co-founded Stompy (now TasteMPR)\, a wine tech startup in California built around a proprietary taste and palate identification algorithm. He is now involved in research on the application of algorithmic learning to aid in understanding taste aesthetics of wine.\n\n \n\nVinexpo Singapore:\n27 & 28 May\, 9:30-18:30 / 29 May\, 9:30- 17:30\nVenue: Marina Bay Sands\, Singapore\nRegister Your Badge
URL:https://mwminternational.com/events/wset-level-2-award-in-spirits-intensive-6/
LOCATION:MWM Wine School\, 9th Floor\, Aberdeen Industrial Building\, 236 Aberdeen Main Road\, Aberdeen\, Hong Kong
CATEGORIES:Certificate Course,Spirits,WSET,WSET L2 Spirits
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20240606T190000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20240606T213000
DTSTAMP:20260514T150524
CREATED:20240216T101912Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240417T054927Z
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SUMMARY:Viva el Vino! A Wine Adventure in Castilla y León
DESCRIPTION:27 May (Tue) | 11:45am-12:45pm | Speaker: Stephen Wong MW | Venue: The Academy\, Masterclasses Room 2 - Vinexpo Singapore\n\n\nExplore 11 exemplary wines from 8 of Austria’s most famed DAC’s. Starting with Sekt\, ending with sweet\, this masterclass sandwiches benchmark and contemporary wines with flair and typicity\, demonstrating how Austria’s native grapes and international varieties shine from a quality\, diversity and value POV.\n\n\n\nSpeaker:\n\nStephen Wong MW\n\nMalaysian-born Chinese\, Stephen Wong MW moved from Borneo to Singapore and finally to New Zealand to read Law at the University of Otago. While studying\, he worked in hospitality\, and as a club DJ\, catching the wine bug in the then-burgeoning wine scene of Central Otago in 2000.\n\nAfter moving to Wellington to complete his Barrister examinations\, he subsequently retrained as a sommelier while learning on the job. After seven years working in restaurants\, Stephen moved into consulting; helping hospitality businesses in New Zealand and Singapore develop their wine programs. He first started writing about wine for trade and industry magazines in 2007 and more recently\, Cuisine and The World of Wine\, Gourmet Traveller Wine and The Real Review.\n\nStephen gained his Master of Wine title in 2016 and has been actively involved in the IMW's education committee since passing he has taken on various roles\, co-coordinating the Australasian seminar\, and overseeing the Assignment Marking Scheme. He is now co-chair of the Institute's Diversity\, Inclusion and Transformation Committee. In an educational capacity\, he speaks at wine conferences in Asia\, Europe and New Zealand\, developed the foundational wine paper at Le Cordon Bleu NZ and runs wine courses for hospitality\, wine industry and the public as Wine Sentience. He works closely with New Zealand Winegrowers on education and masterclasses in the USA\, China & Hong Kong and Australia. Stephen is an Ambassador for Germany's VDP Estates\, and specialises in Burgundy\, Germany\, Austria\, New Zealand and natural wine.\n\nStephen started wine judging formally in 2012 with the national show that was (then) known as the Air New Zealand Wine Awards. He has judged wine every year since\, with the exception of 2020 at various shows in New Zealand\, Australia and China.\n\nAcross 2010-2012\, he nurtured the nascent natural wine movement in New Zealand by creating the country’s first three natural wine lists\, and was a co-organiser of NZ’s natural wine festival Budburst\, which ran from 2016 to 2018 and evolved into Nouvelle\, which ran from 2019 to 2022.\n\nFrom 2018 to 2024\, he provided en-premise support for French importer Maison Vauron\, specialising in Burgundy\, Rhône and Loire wines. In 2020\, Stephen co-founded Stompy (now TasteMPR)\, a wine tech startup in California built around a proprietary taste and palate identification algorithm. He is now involved in research on the application of algorithmic learning to aid in understanding taste aesthetics of wine.\n\n \n\nVinexpo Singapore:\n27 & 28 May\, 9:30-18:30 / 29 May\, 9:30- 17:30\nVenue: Marina Bay Sands\, Singapore\nRegister Your Badge
URL:https://mwminternational.com/events/castilla-y-leon/
LOCATION:MWM Wine School\, 9th Floor\, Aberdeen Industrial Building\, 236 Aberdeen Main Road\, Aberdeen\, Hong Kong
CATEGORIES:Spanish Wine,Wine,Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20240602T120000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20240602T180000
DTSTAMP:20260514T150524
CREATED:20240404T160543Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240404T160543Z
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SUMMARY:WSET Level 1 Award in Wine (Intensive)
DESCRIPTION:27 May (Tue) | 11:45am-12:45pm | Speaker: Stephen Wong MW | Venue: The Academy\, Masterclasses Room 2 - Vinexpo Singapore\n\n\nExplore 11 exemplary wines from 8 of Austria’s most famed DAC’s. Starting with Sekt\, ending with sweet\, this masterclass sandwiches benchmark and contemporary wines with flair and typicity\, demonstrating how Austria’s native grapes and international varieties shine from a quality\, diversity and value POV.\n\n\n\nSpeaker:\n\nStephen Wong MW\n\nMalaysian-born Chinese\, Stephen Wong MW moved from Borneo to Singapore and finally to New Zealand to read Law at the University of Otago. While studying\, he worked in hospitality\, and as a club DJ\, catching the wine bug in the then-burgeoning wine scene of Central Otago in 2000.\n\nAfter moving to Wellington to complete his Barrister examinations\, he subsequently retrained as a sommelier while learning on the job. After seven years working in restaurants\, Stephen moved into consulting; helping hospitality businesses in New Zealand and Singapore develop their wine programs. He first started writing about wine for trade and industry magazines in 2007 and more recently\, Cuisine and The World of Wine\, Gourmet Traveller Wine and The Real Review.\n\nStephen gained his Master of Wine title in 2016 and has been actively involved in the IMW's education committee since passing he has taken on various roles\, co-coordinating the Australasian seminar\, and overseeing the Assignment Marking Scheme. He is now co-chair of the Institute's Diversity\, Inclusion and Transformation Committee. In an educational capacity\, he speaks at wine conferences in Asia\, Europe and New Zealand\, developed the foundational wine paper at Le Cordon Bleu NZ and runs wine courses for hospitality\, wine industry and the public as Wine Sentience. He works closely with New Zealand Winegrowers on education and masterclasses in the USA\, China & Hong Kong and Australia. Stephen is an Ambassador for Germany's VDP Estates\, and specialises in Burgundy\, Germany\, Austria\, New Zealand and natural wine.\n\nStephen started wine judging formally in 2012 with the national show that was (then) known as the Air New Zealand Wine Awards. He has judged wine every year since\, with the exception of 2020 at various shows in New Zealand\, Australia and China.\n\nAcross 2010-2012\, he nurtured the nascent natural wine movement in New Zealand by creating the country’s first three natural wine lists\, and was a co-organiser of NZ’s natural wine festival Budburst\, which ran from 2016 to 2018 and evolved into Nouvelle\, which ran from 2019 to 2022.\n\nFrom 2018 to 2024\, he provided en-premise support for French importer Maison Vauron\, specialising in Burgundy\, Rhône and Loire wines. In 2020\, Stephen co-founded Stompy (now TasteMPR)\, a wine tech startup in California built around a proprietary taste and palate identification algorithm. He is now involved in research on the application of algorithmic learning to aid in understanding taste aesthetics of wine.\n\n \n\nVinexpo Singapore:\n27 & 28 May\, 9:30-18:30 / 29 May\, 9:30- 17:30\nVenue: Marina Bay Sands\, Singapore\nRegister Your Badge
URL:https://mwminternational.com/events/wset-level-1-award-in-wine-intensive-10/
LOCATION:MWM Wine School\, 9th Floor\, Aberdeen Industrial Building\, 236 Aberdeen Main Road\, Aberdeen\, Hong Kong
CATEGORIES:Certificate Course,Wine,WSET,WSET L1 Wine
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20240529T140000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20240529T150000
DTSTAMP:20260514T150524
CREATED:20240426T082116Z
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SUMMARY:Inspired by the Classic\, Moved by the Future - Prosecco DOC Revitalized
DESCRIPTION:27 May (Tue) | 11:45am-12:45pm | Speaker: Stephen Wong MW | Venue: The Academy\, Masterclasses Room 2 - Vinexpo Singapore\n\n\nExplore 11 exemplary wines from 8 of Austria’s most famed DAC’s. Starting with Sekt\, ending with sweet\, this masterclass sandwiches benchmark and contemporary wines with flair and typicity\, demonstrating how Austria’s native grapes and international varieties shine from a quality\, diversity and value POV.\n\n\n\nSpeaker:\n\nStephen Wong MW\n\nMalaysian-born Chinese\, Stephen Wong MW moved from Borneo to Singapore and finally to New Zealand to read Law at the University of Otago. While studying\, he worked in hospitality\, and as a club DJ\, catching the wine bug in the then-burgeoning wine scene of Central Otago in 2000.\n\nAfter moving to Wellington to complete his Barrister examinations\, he subsequently retrained as a sommelier while learning on the job. After seven years working in restaurants\, Stephen moved into consulting; helping hospitality businesses in New Zealand and Singapore develop their wine programs. He first started writing about wine for trade and industry magazines in 2007 and more recently\, Cuisine and The World of Wine\, Gourmet Traveller Wine and The Real Review.\n\nStephen gained his Master of Wine title in 2016 and has been actively involved in the IMW's education committee since passing he has taken on various roles\, co-coordinating the Australasian seminar\, and overseeing the Assignment Marking Scheme. He is now co-chair of the Institute's Diversity\, Inclusion and Transformation Committee. In an educational capacity\, he speaks at wine conferences in Asia\, Europe and New Zealand\, developed the foundational wine paper at Le Cordon Bleu NZ and runs wine courses for hospitality\, wine industry and the public as Wine Sentience. He works closely with New Zealand Winegrowers on education and masterclasses in the USA\, China & Hong Kong and Australia. Stephen is an Ambassador for Germany's VDP Estates\, and specialises in Burgundy\, Germany\, Austria\, New Zealand and natural wine.\n\nStephen started wine judging formally in 2012 with the national show that was (then) known as the Air New Zealand Wine Awards. He has judged wine every year since\, with the exception of 2020 at various shows in New Zealand\, Australia and China.\n\nAcross 2010-2012\, he nurtured the nascent natural wine movement in New Zealand by creating the country’s first three natural wine lists\, and was a co-organiser of NZ’s natural wine festival Budburst\, which ran from 2016 to 2018 and evolved into Nouvelle\, which ran from 2019 to 2022.\n\nFrom 2018 to 2024\, he provided en-premise support for French importer Maison Vauron\, specialising in Burgundy\, Rhône and Loire wines. In 2020\, Stephen co-founded Stompy (now TasteMPR)\, a wine tech startup in California built around a proprietary taste and palate identification algorithm. He is now involved in research on the application of algorithmic learning to aid in understanding taste aesthetics of wine.\n\n \n\nVinexpo Singapore:\n27 & 28 May\, 9:30-18:30 / 29 May\, 9:30- 17:30\nVenue: Marina Bay Sands\, Singapore\nRegister Your Badge
URL:https://mwminternational.com/events/inspired-by-the-classic-moved-by-the-future-prosecco-doc-revitalized/
LOCATION:HKCEC
CATEGORIES:Industry Events,Wine,Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20240527T193000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20240527T213000
DTSTAMP:20260514T150524
CREATED:20240503T084626Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240518T165729Z
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SUMMARY:A Sicilian Wine Odyssey III - The Mosaics of Sicily
DESCRIPTION:27 May (Tue) | 11:45am-12:45pm | Speaker: Stephen Wong MW | Venue: The Academy\, Masterclasses Room 2 - Vinexpo Singapore\n\n\nExplore 11 exemplary wines from 8 of Austria’s most famed DAC’s. Starting with Sekt\, ending with sweet\, this masterclass sandwiches benchmark and contemporary wines with flair and typicity\, demonstrating how Austria’s native grapes and international varieties shine from a quality\, diversity and value POV.\n\n\n\nSpeaker:\n\nStephen Wong MW\n\nMalaysian-born Chinese\, Stephen Wong MW moved from Borneo to Singapore and finally to New Zealand to read Law at the University of Otago. While studying\, he worked in hospitality\, and as a club DJ\, catching the wine bug in the then-burgeoning wine scene of Central Otago in 2000.\n\nAfter moving to Wellington to complete his Barrister examinations\, he subsequently retrained as a sommelier while learning on the job. After seven years working in restaurants\, Stephen moved into consulting; helping hospitality businesses in New Zealand and Singapore develop their wine programs. He first started writing about wine for trade and industry magazines in 2007 and more recently\, Cuisine and The World of Wine\, Gourmet Traveller Wine and The Real Review.\n\nStephen gained his Master of Wine title in 2016 and has been actively involved in the IMW's education committee since passing he has taken on various roles\, co-coordinating the Australasian seminar\, and overseeing the Assignment Marking Scheme. He is now co-chair of the Institute's Diversity\, Inclusion and Transformation Committee. In an educational capacity\, he speaks at wine conferences in Asia\, Europe and New Zealand\, developed the foundational wine paper at Le Cordon Bleu NZ and runs wine courses for hospitality\, wine industry and the public as Wine Sentience. He works closely with New Zealand Winegrowers on education and masterclasses in the USA\, China & Hong Kong and Australia. Stephen is an Ambassador for Germany's VDP Estates\, and specialises in Burgundy\, Germany\, Austria\, New Zealand and natural wine.\n\nStephen started wine judging formally in 2012 with the national show that was (then) known as the Air New Zealand Wine Awards. He has judged wine every year since\, with the exception of 2020 at various shows in New Zealand\, Australia and China.\n\nAcross 2010-2012\, he nurtured the nascent natural wine movement in New Zealand by creating the country’s first three natural wine lists\, and was a co-organiser of NZ’s natural wine festival Budburst\, which ran from 2016 to 2018 and evolved into Nouvelle\, which ran from 2019 to 2022.\n\nFrom 2018 to 2024\, he provided en-premise support for French importer Maison Vauron\, specialising in Burgundy\, Rhône and Loire wines. In 2020\, Stephen co-founded Stompy (now TasteMPR)\, a wine tech startup in California built around a proprietary taste and palate identification algorithm. He is now involved in research on the application of algorithmic learning to aid in understanding taste aesthetics of wine.\n\n \n\nVinexpo Singapore:\n27 & 28 May\, 9:30-18:30 / 29 May\, 9:30- 17:30\nVenue: Marina Bay Sands\, Singapore\nRegister Your Badge
URL:https://mwminternational.com/events/a-sicilian-wine-odyssey-iii-the-mosaics-of-sicily/
LOCATION:MWM Wine School\, 9th Floor\, Aberdeen Industrial Building\, 236 Aberdeen Main Road\, Aberdeen\, Hong Kong
CATEGORIES:Italian Wine,Wine,Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20240523T193000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20240523T210000
DTSTAMP:20260514T150524
CREATED:20240311T101642Z
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SUMMARY:From Pastures to Palates: Unraveling the Delicacy of Southern French Cheeses and Matching with Wines
DESCRIPTION:27 May (Tue) | 11:45am-12:45pm | Speaker: Stephen Wong MW | Venue: The Academy\, Masterclasses Room 2 - Vinexpo Singapore\n\n\nExplore 11 exemplary wines from 8 of Austria’s most famed DAC’s. Starting with Sekt\, ending with sweet\, this masterclass sandwiches benchmark and contemporary wines with flair and typicity\, demonstrating how Austria’s native grapes and international varieties shine from a quality\, diversity and value POV.\n\n\n\nSpeaker:\n\nStephen Wong MW\n\nMalaysian-born Chinese\, Stephen Wong MW moved from Borneo to Singapore and finally to New Zealand to read Law at the University of Otago. While studying\, he worked in hospitality\, and as a club DJ\, catching the wine bug in the then-burgeoning wine scene of Central Otago in 2000.\n\nAfter moving to Wellington to complete his Barrister examinations\, he subsequently retrained as a sommelier while learning on the job. After seven years working in restaurants\, Stephen moved into consulting; helping hospitality businesses in New Zealand and Singapore develop their wine programs. He first started writing about wine for trade and industry magazines in 2007 and more recently\, Cuisine and The World of Wine\, Gourmet Traveller Wine and The Real Review.\n\nStephen gained his Master of Wine title in 2016 and has been actively involved in the IMW's education committee since passing he has taken on various roles\, co-coordinating the Australasian seminar\, and overseeing the Assignment Marking Scheme. He is now co-chair of the Institute's Diversity\, Inclusion and Transformation Committee. In an educational capacity\, he speaks at wine conferences in Asia\, Europe and New Zealand\, developed the foundational wine paper at Le Cordon Bleu NZ and runs wine courses for hospitality\, wine industry and the public as Wine Sentience. He works closely with New Zealand Winegrowers on education and masterclasses in the USA\, China & Hong Kong and Australia. Stephen is an Ambassador for Germany's VDP Estates\, and specialises in Burgundy\, Germany\, Austria\, New Zealand and natural wine.\n\nStephen started wine judging formally in 2012 with the national show that was (then) known as the Air New Zealand Wine Awards. He has judged wine every year since\, with the exception of 2020 at various shows in New Zealand\, Australia and China.\n\nAcross 2010-2012\, he nurtured the nascent natural wine movement in New Zealand by creating the country’s first three natural wine lists\, and was a co-organiser of NZ’s natural wine festival Budburst\, which ran from 2016 to 2018 and evolved into Nouvelle\, which ran from 2019 to 2022.\n\nFrom 2018 to 2024\, he provided en-premise support for French importer Maison Vauron\, specialising in Burgundy\, Rhône and Loire wines. In 2020\, Stephen co-founded Stompy (now TasteMPR)\, a wine tech startup in California built around a proprietary taste and palate identification algorithm. He is now involved in research on the application of algorithmic learning to aid in understanding taste aesthetics of wine.\n\n \n\nVinexpo Singapore:\n27 & 28 May\, 9:30-18:30 / 29 May\, 9:30- 17:30\nVenue: Marina Bay Sands\, Singapore\nRegister Your Badge
URL:https://mwminternational.com/events/southernfrance-cheese-wine-matching/
LOCATION:MWM Wine School\, 9th Floor\, Aberdeen Industrial Building\, 236 Aberdeen Main Road\, Aberdeen\, Hong Kong
CATEGORIES:French Wine,Wine,Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20240518T150000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20240518T190000
DTSTAMP:20260514T150524
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SUMMARY:Spanish Wine Scholar (SWS) - (Weekend - Intensive)
DESCRIPTION:27 May (Tue) | 11:45am-12:45pm | Speaker: Stephen Wong MW | Venue: The Academy\, Masterclasses Room 2 - Vinexpo Singapore\n\n\nExplore 11 exemplary wines from 8 of Austria’s most famed DAC’s. Starting with Sekt\, ending with sweet\, this masterclass sandwiches benchmark and contemporary wines with flair and typicity\, demonstrating how Austria’s native grapes and international varieties shine from a quality\, diversity and value POV.\n\n\n\nSpeaker:\n\nStephen Wong MW\n\nMalaysian-born Chinese\, Stephen Wong MW moved from Borneo to Singapore and finally to New Zealand to read Law at the University of Otago. While studying\, he worked in hospitality\, and as a club DJ\, catching the wine bug in the then-burgeoning wine scene of Central Otago in 2000.\n\nAfter moving to Wellington to complete his Barrister examinations\, he subsequently retrained as a sommelier while learning on the job. After seven years working in restaurants\, Stephen moved into consulting; helping hospitality businesses in New Zealand and Singapore develop their wine programs. He first started writing about wine for trade and industry magazines in 2007 and more recently\, Cuisine and The World of Wine\, Gourmet Traveller Wine and The Real Review.\n\nStephen gained his Master of Wine title in 2016 and has been actively involved in the IMW's education committee since passing he has taken on various roles\, co-coordinating the Australasian seminar\, and overseeing the Assignment Marking Scheme. He is now co-chair of the Institute's Diversity\, Inclusion and Transformation Committee. In an educational capacity\, he speaks at wine conferences in Asia\, Europe and New Zealand\, developed the foundational wine paper at Le Cordon Bleu NZ and runs wine courses for hospitality\, wine industry and the public as Wine Sentience. He works closely with New Zealand Winegrowers on education and masterclasses in the USA\, China & Hong Kong and Australia. Stephen is an Ambassador for Germany's VDP Estates\, and specialises in Burgundy\, Germany\, Austria\, New Zealand and natural wine.\n\nStephen started wine judging formally in 2012 with the national show that was (then) known as the Air New Zealand Wine Awards. He has judged wine every year since\, with the exception of 2020 at various shows in New Zealand\, Australia and China.\n\nAcross 2010-2012\, he nurtured the nascent natural wine movement in New Zealand by creating the country’s first three natural wine lists\, and was a co-organiser of NZ’s natural wine festival Budburst\, which ran from 2016 to 2018 and evolved into Nouvelle\, which ran from 2019 to 2022.\n\nFrom 2018 to 2024\, he provided en-premise support for French importer Maison Vauron\, specialising in Burgundy\, Rhône and Loire wines. In 2020\, Stephen co-founded Stompy (now TasteMPR)\, a wine tech startup in California built around a proprietary taste and palate identification algorithm. He is now involved in research on the application of algorithmic learning to aid in understanding taste aesthetics of wine.\n\n \n\nVinexpo Singapore:\n27 & 28 May\, 9:30-18:30 / 29 May\, 9:30- 17:30\nVenue: Marina Bay Sands\, Singapore\nRegister Your Badge
URL:https://mwminternational.com/events/spanish-wine-scholar-sws-weekend-intensive/
LOCATION:MWM Wine School\, 9th Floor\, Aberdeen Industrial Building\, 236 Aberdeen Main Road\, Aberdeen\, Hong Kong
CATEGORIES:Certificate Course,Spanish Wine,SWS,Wine
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20240511T093000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20240511T140000
DTSTAMP:20260514T150524
CREATED:20240129T082856Z
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SUMMARY:WSET Level 3 Award in Wines (Regular Weekend)
DESCRIPTION:27 May (Tue) | 11:45am-12:45pm | Speaker: Stephen Wong MW | Venue: The Academy\, Masterclasses Room 2 - Vinexpo Singapore\n\n\nExplore 11 exemplary wines from 8 of Austria’s most famed DAC’s. Starting with Sekt\, ending with sweet\, this masterclass sandwiches benchmark and contemporary wines with flair and typicity\, demonstrating how Austria’s native grapes and international varieties shine from a quality\, diversity and value POV.\n\n\n\nSpeaker:\n\nStephen Wong MW\n\nMalaysian-born Chinese\, Stephen Wong MW moved from Borneo to Singapore and finally to New Zealand to read Law at the University of Otago. While studying\, he worked in hospitality\, and as a club DJ\, catching the wine bug in the then-burgeoning wine scene of Central Otago in 2000.\n\nAfter moving to Wellington to complete his Barrister examinations\, he subsequently retrained as a sommelier while learning on the job. After seven years working in restaurants\, Stephen moved into consulting; helping hospitality businesses in New Zealand and Singapore develop their wine programs. He first started writing about wine for trade and industry magazines in 2007 and more recently\, Cuisine and The World of Wine\, Gourmet Traveller Wine and The Real Review.\n\nStephen gained his Master of Wine title in 2016 and has been actively involved in the IMW's education committee since passing he has taken on various roles\, co-coordinating the Australasian seminar\, and overseeing the Assignment Marking Scheme. He is now co-chair of the Institute's Diversity\, Inclusion and Transformation Committee. In an educational capacity\, he speaks at wine conferences in Asia\, Europe and New Zealand\, developed the foundational wine paper at Le Cordon Bleu NZ and runs wine courses for hospitality\, wine industry and the public as Wine Sentience. He works closely with New Zealand Winegrowers on education and masterclasses in the USA\, China & Hong Kong and Australia. Stephen is an Ambassador for Germany's VDP Estates\, and specialises in Burgundy\, Germany\, Austria\, New Zealand and natural wine.\n\nStephen started wine judging formally in 2012 with the national show that was (then) known as the Air New Zealand Wine Awards. He has judged wine every year since\, with the exception of 2020 at various shows in New Zealand\, Australia and China.\n\nAcross 2010-2012\, he nurtured the nascent natural wine movement in New Zealand by creating the country’s first three natural wine lists\, and was a co-organiser of NZ’s natural wine festival Budburst\, which ran from 2016 to 2018 and evolved into Nouvelle\, which ran from 2019 to 2022.\n\nFrom 2018 to 2024\, he provided en-premise support for French importer Maison Vauron\, specialising in Burgundy\, Rhône and Loire wines. In 2020\, Stephen co-founded Stompy (now TasteMPR)\, a wine tech startup in California built around a proprietary taste and palate identification algorithm. He is now involved in research on the application of algorithmic learning to aid in understanding taste aesthetics of wine.\n\n \n\nVinexpo Singapore:\n27 & 28 May\, 9:30-18:30 / 29 May\, 9:30- 17:30\nVenue: Marina Bay Sands\, Singapore\nRegister Your Badge
URL:https://mwminternational.com/events/wset-level-3-award-in-wines-regular-weekend-1-2/
LOCATION:MWM Wine School\, 9th Floor\, Aberdeen Industrial Building\, 236 Aberdeen Main Road\, Aberdeen\, Hong Kong
CATEGORIES:Wine,WSET,WSET L3 Wine
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20240506T100000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20240506T180000
DTSTAMP:20260514T150524
CREATED:20240308T034514Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240327T014250Z
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SUMMARY:Edu(Vo)cation - WSET Level 2 Award in Spirits
DESCRIPTION:27 May (Tue) | 11:45am-12:45pm | Speaker: Stephen Wong MW | Venue: The Academy\, Masterclasses Room 2 - Vinexpo Singapore\n\n\nExplore 11 exemplary wines from 8 of Austria’s most famed DAC’s. Starting with Sekt\, ending with sweet\, this masterclass sandwiches benchmark and contemporary wines with flair and typicity\, demonstrating how Austria’s native grapes and international varieties shine from a quality\, diversity and value POV.\n\n\n\nSpeaker:\n\nStephen Wong MW\n\nMalaysian-born Chinese\, Stephen Wong MW moved from Borneo to Singapore and finally to New Zealand to read Law at the University of Otago. While studying\, he worked in hospitality\, and as a club DJ\, catching the wine bug in the then-burgeoning wine scene of Central Otago in 2000.\n\nAfter moving to Wellington to complete his Barrister examinations\, he subsequently retrained as a sommelier while learning on the job. After seven years working in restaurants\, Stephen moved into consulting; helping hospitality businesses in New Zealand and Singapore develop their wine programs. He first started writing about wine for trade and industry magazines in 2007 and more recently\, Cuisine and The World of Wine\, Gourmet Traveller Wine and The Real Review.\n\nStephen gained his Master of Wine title in 2016 and has been actively involved in the IMW's education committee since passing he has taken on various roles\, co-coordinating the Australasian seminar\, and overseeing the Assignment Marking Scheme. He is now co-chair of the Institute's Diversity\, Inclusion and Transformation Committee. In an educational capacity\, he speaks at wine conferences in Asia\, Europe and New Zealand\, developed the foundational wine paper at Le Cordon Bleu NZ and runs wine courses for hospitality\, wine industry and the public as Wine Sentience. He works closely with New Zealand Winegrowers on education and masterclasses in the USA\, China & Hong Kong and Australia. Stephen is an Ambassador for Germany's VDP Estates\, and specialises in Burgundy\, Germany\, Austria\, New Zealand and natural wine.\n\nStephen started wine judging formally in 2012 with the national show that was (then) known as the Air New Zealand Wine Awards. He has judged wine every year since\, with the exception of 2020 at various shows in New Zealand\, Australia and China.\n\nAcross 2010-2012\, he nurtured the nascent natural wine movement in New Zealand by creating the country’s first three natural wine lists\, and was a co-organiser of NZ’s natural wine festival Budburst\, which ran from 2016 to 2018 and evolved into Nouvelle\, which ran from 2019 to 2022.\n\nFrom 2018 to 2024\, he provided en-premise support for French importer Maison Vauron\, specialising in Burgundy\, Rhône and Loire wines. In 2020\, Stephen co-founded Stompy (now TasteMPR)\, a wine tech startup in California built around a proprietary taste and palate identification algorithm. He is now involved in research on the application of algorithmic learning to aid in understanding taste aesthetics of wine.\n\n \n\nVinexpo Singapore:\n27 & 28 May\, 9:30-18:30 / 29 May\, 9:30- 17:30\nVenue: Marina Bay Sands\, Singapore\nRegister Your Badge
URL:https://mwminternational.com/events/wset-level-2-award-in-spirits-intensive-4/
LOCATION:MWM Wine School\, 9th Floor\, Aberdeen Industrial Building\, 236 Aberdeen Main Road\, Aberdeen\, Hong Kong
CATEGORIES:Certificate Course,Spirits,WSET,WSET L2 Spirits
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20240505T120000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20240505T180000
DTSTAMP:20260514T150524
CREATED:20240404T053612Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240404T160219Z
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SUMMARY:WSET Level 1 Award in Wine (Intensive)
DESCRIPTION:27 May (Tue) | 11:45am-12:45pm | Speaker: Stephen Wong MW | Venue: The Academy\, Masterclasses Room 2 - Vinexpo Singapore\n\n\nExplore 11 exemplary wines from 8 of Austria’s most famed DAC’s. Starting with Sekt\, ending with sweet\, this masterclass sandwiches benchmark and contemporary wines with flair and typicity\, demonstrating how Austria’s native grapes and international varieties shine from a quality\, diversity and value POV.\n\n\n\nSpeaker:\n\nStephen Wong MW\n\nMalaysian-born Chinese\, Stephen Wong MW moved from Borneo to Singapore and finally to New Zealand to read Law at the University of Otago. While studying\, he worked in hospitality\, and as a club DJ\, catching the wine bug in the then-burgeoning wine scene of Central Otago in 2000.\n\nAfter moving to Wellington to complete his Barrister examinations\, he subsequently retrained as a sommelier while learning on the job. After seven years working in restaurants\, Stephen moved into consulting; helping hospitality businesses in New Zealand and Singapore develop their wine programs. He first started writing about wine for trade and industry magazines in 2007 and more recently\, Cuisine and The World of Wine\, Gourmet Traveller Wine and The Real Review.\n\nStephen gained his Master of Wine title in 2016 and has been actively involved in the IMW's education committee since passing he has taken on various roles\, co-coordinating the Australasian seminar\, and overseeing the Assignment Marking Scheme. He is now co-chair of the Institute's Diversity\, Inclusion and Transformation Committee. In an educational capacity\, he speaks at wine conferences in Asia\, Europe and New Zealand\, developed the foundational wine paper at Le Cordon Bleu NZ and runs wine courses for hospitality\, wine industry and the public as Wine Sentience. He works closely with New Zealand Winegrowers on education and masterclasses in the USA\, China & Hong Kong and Australia. Stephen is an Ambassador for Germany's VDP Estates\, and specialises in Burgundy\, Germany\, Austria\, New Zealand and natural wine.\n\nStephen started wine judging formally in 2012 with the national show that was (then) known as the Air New Zealand Wine Awards. He has judged wine every year since\, with the exception of 2020 at various shows in New Zealand\, Australia and China.\n\nAcross 2010-2012\, he nurtured the nascent natural wine movement in New Zealand by creating the country’s first three natural wine lists\, and was a co-organiser of NZ’s natural wine festival Budburst\, which ran from 2016 to 2018 and evolved into Nouvelle\, which ran from 2019 to 2022.\n\nFrom 2018 to 2024\, he provided en-premise support for French importer Maison Vauron\, specialising in Burgundy\, Rhône and Loire wines. In 2020\, Stephen co-founded Stompy (now TasteMPR)\, a wine tech startup in California built around a proprietary taste and palate identification algorithm. He is now involved in research on the application of algorithmic learning to aid in understanding taste aesthetics of wine.\n\n \n\nVinexpo Singapore:\n27 & 28 May\, 9:30-18:30 / 29 May\, 9:30- 17:30\nVenue: Marina Bay Sands\, Singapore\nRegister Your Badge
URL:https://mwminternational.com/events/wset-level-1-award-in-wine-intensive-7/
LOCATION:MWM Wine School\, 9th Floor\, Aberdeen Industrial Building\, 236 Aberdeen Main Road\, Aberdeen\, Hong Kong
CATEGORIES:Certificate Course,Wine,WSET,WSET L1 Wine
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20240501T100000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20240501T170000
DTSTAMP:20260514T150524
CREATED:20240215T052042Z
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SUMMARY:The Whisky Ambassador Certificate Training & Beyond
DESCRIPTION:27 May (Tue) | 11:45am-12:45pm | Speaker: Stephen Wong MW | Venue: The Academy\, Masterclasses Room 2 - Vinexpo Singapore\n\n\nExplore 11 exemplary wines from 8 of Austria’s most famed DAC’s. Starting with Sekt\, ending with sweet\, this masterclass sandwiches benchmark and contemporary wines with flair and typicity\, demonstrating how Austria’s native grapes and international varieties shine from a quality\, diversity and value POV.\n\n\n\nSpeaker:\n\nStephen Wong MW\n\nMalaysian-born Chinese\, Stephen Wong MW moved from Borneo to Singapore and finally to New Zealand to read Law at the University of Otago. While studying\, he worked in hospitality\, and as a club DJ\, catching the wine bug in the then-burgeoning wine scene of Central Otago in 2000.\n\nAfter moving to Wellington to complete his Barrister examinations\, he subsequently retrained as a sommelier while learning on the job. After seven years working in restaurants\, Stephen moved into consulting; helping hospitality businesses in New Zealand and Singapore develop their wine programs. He first started writing about wine for trade and industry magazines in 2007 and more recently\, Cuisine and The World of Wine\, Gourmet Traveller Wine and The Real Review.\n\nStephen gained his Master of Wine title in 2016 and has been actively involved in the IMW's education committee since passing he has taken on various roles\, co-coordinating the Australasian seminar\, and overseeing the Assignment Marking Scheme. He is now co-chair of the Institute's Diversity\, Inclusion and Transformation Committee. In an educational capacity\, he speaks at wine conferences in Asia\, Europe and New Zealand\, developed the foundational wine paper at Le Cordon Bleu NZ and runs wine courses for hospitality\, wine industry and the public as Wine Sentience. He works closely with New Zealand Winegrowers on education and masterclasses in the USA\, China & Hong Kong and Australia. Stephen is an Ambassador for Germany's VDP Estates\, and specialises in Burgundy\, Germany\, Austria\, New Zealand and natural wine.\n\nStephen started wine judging formally in 2012 with the national show that was (then) known as the Air New Zealand Wine Awards. He has judged wine every year since\, with the exception of 2020 at various shows in New Zealand\, Australia and China.\n\nAcross 2010-2012\, he nurtured the nascent natural wine movement in New Zealand by creating the country’s first three natural wine lists\, and was a co-organiser of NZ’s natural wine festival Budburst\, which ran from 2016 to 2018 and evolved into Nouvelle\, which ran from 2019 to 2022.\n\nFrom 2018 to 2024\, he provided en-premise support for French importer Maison Vauron\, specialising in Burgundy\, Rhône and Loire wines. In 2020\, Stephen co-founded Stompy (now TasteMPR)\, a wine tech startup in California built around a proprietary taste and palate identification algorithm. He is now involved in research on the application of algorithmic learning to aid in understanding taste aesthetics of wine.\n\n \n\nVinexpo Singapore:\n27 & 28 May\, 9:30-18:30 / 29 May\, 9:30- 17:30\nVenue: Marina Bay Sands\, Singapore\nRegister Your Badge
URL:https://mwminternational.com/events/the-whisky-ambassador-certificate-training-beyond-6/
LOCATION:MWM Wine School\, 9th Floor\, Aberdeen Industrial Building\, 236 Aberdeen Main Road\, Aberdeen\, Hong Kong
CATEGORIES:Certificate Course,Spirits,Whisky Ambassador
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20240420T140000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20240420T193000
DTSTAMP:20260514T150524
CREATED:20240326T111847Z
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SUMMARY:WSET Level 2 Award in Wine (Intensive)
DESCRIPTION:27 May (Tue) | 11:45am-12:45pm | Speaker: Stephen Wong MW | Venue: The Academy\, Masterclasses Room 2 - Vinexpo Singapore\n\n\nExplore 11 exemplary wines from 8 of Austria’s most famed DAC’s. Starting with Sekt\, ending with sweet\, this masterclass sandwiches benchmark and contemporary wines with flair and typicity\, demonstrating how Austria’s native grapes and international varieties shine from a quality\, diversity and value POV.\n\n\n\nSpeaker:\n\nStephen Wong MW\n\nMalaysian-born Chinese\, Stephen Wong MW moved from Borneo to Singapore and finally to New Zealand to read Law at the University of Otago. While studying\, he worked in hospitality\, and as a club DJ\, catching the wine bug in the then-burgeoning wine scene of Central Otago in 2000.\n\nAfter moving to Wellington to complete his Barrister examinations\, he subsequently retrained as a sommelier while learning on the job. After seven years working in restaurants\, Stephen moved into consulting; helping hospitality businesses in New Zealand and Singapore develop their wine programs. He first started writing about wine for trade and industry magazines in 2007 and more recently\, Cuisine and The World of Wine\, Gourmet Traveller Wine and The Real Review.\n\nStephen gained his Master of Wine title in 2016 and has been actively involved in the IMW's education committee since passing he has taken on various roles\, co-coordinating the Australasian seminar\, and overseeing the Assignment Marking Scheme. He is now co-chair of the Institute's Diversity\, Inclusion and Transformation Committee. In an educational capacity\, he speaks at wine conferences in Asia\, Europe and New Zealand\, developed the foundational wine paper at Le Cordon Bleu NZ and runs wine courses for hospitality\, wine industry and the public as Wine Sentience. He works closely with New Zealand Winegrowers on education and masterclasses in the USA\, China & Hong Kong and Australia. Stephen is an Ambassador for Germany's VDP Estates\, and specialises in Burgundy\, Germany\, Austria\, New Zealand and natural wine.\n\nStephen started wine judging formally in 2012 with the national show that was (then) known as the Air New Zealand Wine Awards. He has judged wine every year since\, with the exception of 2020 at various shows in New Zealand\, Australia and China.\n\nAcross 2010-2012\, he nurtured the nascent natural wine movement in New Zealand by creating the country’s first three natural wine lists\, and was a co-organiser of NZ’s natural wine festival Budburst\, which ran from 2016 to 2018 and evolved into Nouvelle\, which ran from 2019 to 2022.\n\nFrom 2018 to 2024\, he provided en-premise support for French importer Maison Vauron\, specialising in Burgundy\, Rhône and Loire wines. In 2020\, Stephen co-founded Stompy (now TasteMPR)\, a wine tech startup in California built around a proprietary taste and palate identification algorithm. He is now involved in research on the application of algorithmic learning to aid in understanding taste aesthetics of wine.\n\n \n\nVinexpo Singapore:\n27 & 28 May\, 9:30-18:30 / 29 May\, 9:30- 17:30\nVenue: Marina Bay Sands\, Singapore\nRegister Your Badge
URL:https://mwminternational.com/events/wset-level-2-award-in-wine-intensive-10/
LOCATION:MWM Wine School\, 9th Floor\, Aberdeen Industrial Building\, 236 Aberdeen Main Road\, Aberdeen\, Hong Kong
CATEGORIES:Wine,WSET,WSET L2 Wine
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20240418T123000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20240418T180000
DTSTAMP:20260514T150524
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SUMMARY:WSET Level 2 Award in Wine (Intensive)
DESCRIPTION:27 May (Tue) | 11:45am-12:45pm | Speaker: Stephen Wong MW | Venue: The Academy\, Masterclasses Room 2 - Vinexpo Singapore\n\n\nExplore 11 exemplary wines from 8 of Austria’s most famed DAC’s. Starting with Sekt\, ending with sweet\, this masterclass sandwiches benchmark and contemporary wines with flair and typicity\, demonstrating how Austria’s native grapes and international varieties shine from a quality\, diversity and value POV.\n\n\n\nSpeaker:\n\nStephen Wong MW\n\nMalaysian-born Chinese\, Stephen Wong MW moved from Borneo to Singapore and finally to New Zealand to read Law at the University of Otago. While studying\, he worked in hospitality\, and as a club DJ\, catching the wine bug in the then-burgeoning wine scene of Central Otago in 2000.\n\nAfter moving to Wellington to complete his Barrister examinations\, he subsequently retrained as a sommelier while learning on the job. After seven years working in restaurants\, Stephen moved into consulting; helping hospitality businesses in New Zealand and Singapore develop their wine programs. He first started writing about wine for trade and industry magazines in 2007 and more recently\, Cuisine and The World of Wine\, Gourmet Traveller Wine and The Real Review.\n\nStephen gained his Master of Wine title in 2016 and has been actively involved in the IMW's education committee since passing he has taken on various roles\, co-coordinating the Australasian seminar\, and overseeing the Assignment Marking Scheme. He is now co-chair of the Institute's Diversity\, Inclusion and Transformation Committee. In an educational capacity\, he speaks at wine conferences in Asia\, Europe and New Zealand\, developed the foundational wine paper at Le Cordon Bleu NZ and runs wine courses for hospitality\, wine industry and the public as Wine Sentience. He works closely with New Zealand Winegrowers on education and masterclasses in the USA\, China & Hong Kong and Australia. Stephen is an Ambassador for Germany's VDP Estates\, and specialises in Burgundy\, Germany\, Austria\, New Zealand and natural wine.\n\nStephen started wine judging formally in 2012 with the national show that was (then) known as the Air New Zealand Wine Awards. He has judged wine every year since\, with the exception of 2020 at various shows in New Zealand\, Australia and China.\n\nAcross 2010-2012\, he nurtured the nascent natural wine movement in New Zealand by creating the country’s first three natural wine lists\, and was a co-organiser of NZ’s natural wine festival Budburst\, which ran from 2016 to 2018 and evolved into Nouvelle\, which ran from 2019 to 2022.\n\nFrom 2018 to 2024\, he provided en-premise support for French importer Maison Vauron\, specialising in Burgundy\, Rhône and Loire wines. In 2020\, Stephen co-founded Stompy (now TasteMPR)\, a wine tech startup in California built around a proprietary taste and palate identification algorithm. He is now involved in research on the application of algorithmic learning to aid in understanding taste aesthetics of wine.\n\n \n\nVinexpo Singapore:\n27 & 28 May\, 9:30-18:30 / 29 May\, 9:30- 17:30\nVenue: Marina Bay Sands\, Singapore\nRegister Your Badge
URL:https://mwminternational.com/events/wset-level-2-award-in-wine-intensive-8/
LOCATION:MWM Wine School\, 9th Floor\, Aberdeen Industrial Building\, 236 Aberdeen Main Road\, Aberdeen\, Hong Kong
CATEGORIES:Wine,WSET,WSET L2 Wine
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20240416T193000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20240416T223000
DTSTAMP:20260514T150524
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SUMMARY:VIA Italian Wine Maestro Certification Course (Regular)
DESCRIPTION:27 May (Tue) | 11:45am-12:45pm | Speaker: Stephen Wong MW | Venue: The Academy\, Masterclasses Room 2 - Vinexpo Singapore\n\n\nExplore 11 exemplary wines from 8 of Austria’s most famed DAC’s. Starting with Sekt\, ending with sweet\, this masterclass sandwiches benchmark and contemporary wines with flair and typicity\, demonstrating how Austria’s native grapes and international varieties shine from a quality\, diversity and value POV.\n\n\n\nSpeaker:\n\nStephen Wong MW\n\nMalaysian-born Chinese\, Stephen Wong MW moved from Borneo to Singapore and finally to New Zealand to read Law at the University of Otago. While studying\, he worked in hospitality\, and as a club DJ\, catching the wine bug in the then-burgeoning wine scene of Central Otago in 2000.\n\nAfter moving to Wellington to complete his Barrister examinations\, he subsequently retrained as a sommelier while learning on the job. After seven years working in restaurants\, Stephen moved into consulting; helping hospitality businesses in New Zealand and Singapore develop their wine programs. He first started writing about wine for trade and industry magazines in 2007 and more recently\, Cuisine and The World of Wine\, Gourmet Traveller Wine and The Real Review.\n\nStephen gained his Master of Wine title in 2016 and has been actively involved in the IMW's education committee since passing he has taken on various roles\, co-coordinating the Australasian seminar\, and overseeing the Assignment Marking Scheme. He is now co-chair of the Institute's Diversity\, Inclusion and Transformation Committee. In an educational capacity\, he speaks at wine conferences in Asia\, Europe and New Zealand\, developed the foundational wine paper at Le Cordon Bleu NZ and runs wine courses for hospitality\, wine industry and the public as Wine Sentience. He works closely with New Zealand Winegrowers on education and masterclasses in the USA\, China & Hong Kong and Australia. Stephen is an Ambassador for Germany's VDP Estates\, and specialises in Burgundy\, Germany\, Austria\, New Zealand and natural wine.\n\nStephen started wine judging formally in 2012 with the national show that was (then) known as the Air New Zealand Wine Awards. He has judged wine every year since\, with the exception of 2020 at various shows in New Zealand\, Australia and China.\n\nAcross 2010-2012\, he nurtured the nascent natural wine movement in New Zealand by creating the country’s first three natural wine lists\, and was a co-organiser of NZ’s natural wine festival Budburst\, which ran from 2016 to 2018 and evolved into Nouvelle\, which ran from 2019 to 2022.\n\nFrom 2018 to 2024\, he provided en-premise support for French importer Maison Vauron\, specialising in Burgundy\, Rhône and Loire wines. In 2020\, Stephen co-founded Stompy (now TasteMPR)\, a wine tech startup in California built around a proprietary taste and palate identification algorithm. He is now involved in research on the application of algorithmic learning to aid in understanding taste aesthetics of wine.\n\n \n\nVinexpo Singapore:\n27 & 28 May\, 9:30-18:30 / 29 May\, 9:30- 17:30\nVenue: Marina Bay Sands\, Singapore\nRegister Your Badge
URL:https://mwminternational.com/events/via-italian-wine-maestro-certification-course-regular-1-3/
LOCATION:MWM Wine School\, 9th Floor\, Aberdeen Industrial Building\, 236 Aberdeen Main Road\, Aberdeen\, Hong Kong
CATEGORIES:Certificate Course,Italian Wine,VIA,Wine
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