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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-9/
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:Introduction to 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/introduction-to-sake/
LOCATION:MWM Wine School\, 9th Floor\, Aberdeen Industrial Building\, 236 Aberdeen Main Road\, Aberdeen\, Hong Kong
CATEGORIES:Sake,Workshops
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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-5-2/
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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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-9-2/
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: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-7/
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:20240223T193000
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SUMMARY:WSET Level 1 Award in Wine (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/wset-level-1-award-in-wine-regular/
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 3 Award in Wine (Regular Weeknight)
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-wine-regular-weeknight-3/
LOCATION:MWM Wine School\, 9th Floor\, Aberdeen Industrial Building\, 236 Aberdeen Main Road\, Aberdeen\, Hong Kong
CATEGORIES:Certificate Course,Wine,WSET,WSET L3 Wine
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20240217T093000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20240217T140000
DTSTAMP:20260827T220643
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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/
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:20240206T193000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20240206T223000
DTSTAMP:20260827T220643
CREATED:20231130T045808Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231218T085835Z
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SUMMARY:WSET Level 2 Award in Wine (Weeknights)
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-weeknights-6-3/
LOCATION:MWM Wine School\, 9th Floor\, Aberdeen Industrial Building\, 236 Aberdeen Main Road\, Aberdeen\, Hong Kong
CATEGORIES:Certificate Course,Wine,WSET,WSET L2 Wine
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ORGANIZER;CN="MWM Wine School":MAILTO:school@mwminternational.com
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20240203T120000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20240203T170000
DTSTAMP:20260827T220643
CREATED:20231110T074340Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240129T083946Z
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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-5-4/
LOCATION:theDesk Strand50\, 50 Bonham Strand\, Sheung Wan\, Hong Kong
CATEGORIES:Spirits,WSET,WSET L1 Spirits
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ORGANIZER;CN="MWM Wine School":MAILTO:school@mwminternational.com
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20240130T193000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20240130T213000
DTSTAMP:20260827T220643
CREATED:20231219T101518Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240112T121445Z
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SUMMARY:Liquid Gold: Mastering Cognac & Brandy
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/lipuid-gold-mastering-cognac-brandy/
LOCATION:MWM Wine School\, 9th Floor\, Aberdeen Industrial Building\, 236 Aberdeen Main Road\, Aberdeen\, Hong Kong
CATEGORIES:Spirits,Workshops
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ORGANIZER;CN="MWM Wine School":MAILTO:school@mwminternational.com
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20240128T123000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20240128T180000
DTSTAMP:20260827T220643
CREATED:20231127T023808Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231212T083612Z
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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-9/
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:20240115T193000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20240115T223000
DTSTAMP:20260827T220643
CREATED:20231020T031032Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231020T031032Z
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SUMMARY:WSET Level 1 Award in Wine (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/wset-level-1-award-in-wine-regular-1/
LOCATION:MWM Wine School\, 9th Floor\, Aberdeen Industrial Building\, 236 Aberdeen Main Road\, Aberdeen\, Hong Kong
CATEGORIES:Certificate Course,Wine,WSET,WSET L1 Wine
ORGANIZER;CN="MWM Wine School":MAILTO:school@mwminternational.com
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20240113T120000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20240113T170000
DTSTAMP:20260827T220643
CREATED:20231120T040136Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231120T040136Z
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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-5/
LOCATION:MWM Wine School\, 9th Floor\, Aberdeen Industrial Building\, 236 Aberdeen Main Road\, Aberdeen\, Hong Kong
CATEGORIES:Certificate Course,Spirits,WSET,WSET L2 Spirits
ORGANIZER;CN="MWM Wine School":MAILTO:school@mwminternational.com
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20240110T193000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20240110T223000
DTSTAMP:20260827T220643
CREATED:20230809T060331Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240104T105911Z
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SUMMARY:The Advanced Whisky Ambassador (Weeknight)
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-advanced-whisky-ambassador-weeknight-1/
LOCATION:MWM Wine School\, 9th Floor\, Aberdeen Industrial Building\, 236 Aberdeen Main Road\, Aberdeen\, Hong Kong
CATEGORIES:Certificate Course,Spirits,Whisky Ambassador
ORGANIZER;CN="MWM Wine School":MAILTO:school@mwminternational.com
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20240109T100000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20240109T180000
DTSTAMP:20260827T220643
CREATED:20231208T100745Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240108T104908Z
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SUMMARY:WSET Level 2 Award in Wine (Intensive - Weekday)
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-weekday/
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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ORGANIZER;CN="MWM Wine School":MAILTO:school@mwminternational.com
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20240107T120000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20240107T180000
DTSTAMP:20260827T220643
CREATED:20231120T055614Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231215T091051Z
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SUMMARY:Italian Wine Scholar (IWS) - Unit 2 (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/italian-wine-scholar-iws-unit-2-weekend/
LOCATION:MWM Wine School\, 9th Floor\, Aberdeen Industrial Building\, 236 Aberdeen Main Road\, Aberdeen\, Hong Kong
CATEGORIES:Certificate Course,Italian Wine,IWS,IWS Unit 2,Wine
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20240106T120000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20240106T163000
DTSTAMP:20260827T220643
CREATED:20231011T043138Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240103T070657Z
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SUMMARY:The Gin 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-gin-ambassador-2/
CATEGORIES:Certificate Course,Gin Ambassador,Spirits
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ORGANIZER;CN="MWM Wine School":MAILTO:school@mwminternational.com
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20231217T100000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20231217T170000
DTSTAMP:20260827T220643
CREATED:20231011T042322Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231011T042322Z
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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-4/
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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ORGANIZER;CN="MWM Wine School":MAILTO:school@mwminternational.com
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20231205T193000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20231205T223000
DTSTAMP:20260827T220643
CREATED:20231020T032444Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231027T010311Z
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SUMMARY:WSET Level 2 Award in Wine (Weeknights)
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-weeknights-6-2/
LOCATION:Casa Certa\, Unit 13B\, Kin Teck Industrial Building\, 26 Wong Chuk Hang Road\, Wong Chuk Hang\, Hong Kong
CATEGORIES:Certificate Course,Wine,WSET,WSET L2 Wine
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20231202T123000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20231202T180000
DTSTAMP:20260827T220643
CREATED:20231006T071131Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231006T071549Z
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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-6/
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:20231129T193000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20231129T223000
DTSTAMP:20260827T220643
CREATED:20231011T045244Z
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SUMMARY:WSET Level 3 Award in Wine (Regular Weeknight)
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-wine-regular-weeknight/
LOCATION:MWM Wine School\, 9th Floor\, Aberdeen Industrial Building\, 236 Aberdeen Main Road\, Aberdeen\, Hong Kong
CATEGORIES:Certificate Course,Wine,WSET,WSET L3 Wine
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20231126T140000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20231126T190000
DTSTAMP:20260827T220643
CREATED:20230728T101410Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231121T015903Z
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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-3/
LOCATION:Avenue75\, Shop 36-41\, G/F\, South Seas Centre\, 75 Mody Road\, Hong Kong
CATEGORIES:Certificate Course,Spirits,WSET,WSET L2 Spirits
ORGANIZER;CN="MWM Wine School":MAILTO:school@mwminternational.com
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20231123T190000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20231123T210000
DTSTAMP:20260827T220643
CREATED:20231109T032827Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231110T022933Z
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SUMMARY:INTRODUCING WINES OF LEBANON
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/introducing-wines-of-lebanon/
LOCATION:The Hong Kong Management Association\, 14/F\, Fairmont House\, 8 Cotton Tree Drive
CATEGORIES:Wine,Workshops
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ORGANIZER;CN="MWM Wine School":MAILTO:school@mwminternational.com
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20231123T150000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20231123T170000
DTSTAMP:20260827T220643
CREATED:20231109T031414Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231110T110718Z
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SUMMARY:A CLOSER LOOK INTO BEKAA VALLEY
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-closer-look-into-bekaa-valley/
LOCATION:The Hong Kong Management Association\, 14/F\, Fairmont House\, 8 Cotton Tree Drive
CATEGORIES:Industry Events,Wine,Workshops
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ORGANIZER;CN="MWM Wine School":MAILTO:school@mwminternational.com
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20231111T123000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20231111T180000
DTSTAMP:20260827T220643
CREATED:20230724T053359Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T040559Z
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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-7/
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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ORGANIZER;CN="MWM Wine School":MAILTO:school@mwminternational.com
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20231109T190000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20231109T210000
DTSTAMP:20260827T220643
CREATED:20230313T134443Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T023542Z
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SUMMARY:Alternative Aussie – Emerging Varieties & Styles from Down Under
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/alternative-aussie-emerging-varieties-styles-from-down-under/
LOCATION:MWM Wine School\, 9th Floor\, Aberdeen Industrial Building\, 236 Aberdeen Main Road\, Aberdeen\, Hong Kong
CATEGORIES:Wine,Workshops
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ORGANIZER;CN="MWM Wine School":MAILTO:school@mwminternational.com
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20231105T120000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20231105T180000
DTSTAMP:20260827T220643
CREATED:20230630T093510Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230712T013137Z
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SUMMARY:Italian Wine Scholar (IWS) - Unit 1 (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/italian-wine-scholar-iws-unit-1-weekend/
LOCATION:MWM Wine School\, 9th Floor\, Aberdeen Industrial Building\, 236 Aberdeen Main Road\, Aberdeen\, Hong Kong
CATEGORIES:Certificate Course,Italian Wine,IWS,IWS Unit 1,Wine,WSG
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ORGANIZER;CN="MWM Wine School":MAILTO:school@mwminternational.com
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20231104T120000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20231104T180000
DTSTAMP:20260827T220643
CREATED:20230904T114835Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231101T042035Z
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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-8/
LOCATION:MWM Wine School\, 9th Floor\, Aberdeen Industrial Building\, 236 Aberdeen Main Road\, Aberdeen\, Hong Kong
CATEGORIES:Certificate Course,Wine,WSET,WSET L1 Wine
ORGANIZER;CN="MWM Wine School":MAILTO:school@mwminternational.com
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20231029T120000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20231029T170000
DTSTAMP:20260827T220643
CREATED:20231004T040527Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231026T011648Z
UID:10000368-1698580800-1698598800@mwminternational.com
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-5-3/
LOCATION:theDesk Strand50\, 50 Bonham Strand\, Sheung Wan\, Hong Kong
CATEGORIES:Spirits,WSET,WSET L1 Spirits
ORGANIZER;CN="MWM Wine School":MAILTO:school@mwminternational.com
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