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SUMMARY:French Wine Scholar (FWS)
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/french-wine-scholar-fws-2/
CATEGORIES:Certificate Course,FWS,Spanish Wine,Wine
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20250727T120000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20250727T170000
DTSTAMP:20260824T180001
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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\nSpeaker: \nStephen Wong MW \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. \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. \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. \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. \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. \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  \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-8/
LOCATION:MWM Wine School\, 9th Floor\, Aberdeen Industrial Building\, 236 Aberdeen Main Road\, Aberdeen\, Hong Kong
CATEGORIES:Spirits,WSET,WSET L1 Spirits
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20250806T190000
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DTSTAMP:20260824T180001
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SUMMARY:Italian Wine Scholar (IWS) - Unit 1 (Northern Italy)
DESCRIPTION:27 May (Tue) | 11:45am-12:45pm | Speaker: Stephen Wong MW | Venue: The Academy\, Masterclasses Room 2 - Vinexpo Singapore \n\n\nExplore 11 exemplary wines from 8 of Austria’s most famed DAC’s. Starting with Sekt\, ending with sweet\, this masterclass sandwiches benchmark and contemporary wines with flair and typicity\, demonstrating how Austria’s native grapes and international varieties shine from a quality\, diversity and value POV.\n\n\nSpeaker: \nStephen Wong MW \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. \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. \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. \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. \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. \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  \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-northern-italy-4/
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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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20250810T100000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20250810T180000
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SUMMARY:The Advanced Whisky Ambassador
DESCRIPTION:27 May (Tue) | 11:45am-12:45pm | Speaker: Stephen Wong MW | Venue: The Academy\, Masterclasses Room 2 - Vinexpo Singapore \n\n\nExplore 11 exemplary wines from 8 of Austria’s most famed DAC’s. Starting with Sekt\, ending with sweet\, this masterclass sandwiches benchmark and contemporary wines with flair and typicity\, demonstrating how Austria’s native grapes and international varieties shine from a quality\, diversity and value POV.\n\n\nSpeaker: \nStephen Wong MW \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. \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. \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. \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. \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. \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  \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-5/
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:20250811T100000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20250811T160000
DTSTAMP:20260824T180001
CREATED:20250613T094214Z
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SUMMARY:WSET Level 2 Award in Wines (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\nSpeaker: \nStephen Wong MW \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. \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. \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. \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. \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. \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  \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-wines-intensive-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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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20250823T143000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20250823T160000
DTSTAMP:20260824T180001
CREATED:20250801T144641Z
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SUMMARY:𝑺𝒊𝒑𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝑺𝒖𝒏𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒆: 𝑪𝒆𝒍𝒆𝒃𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝑪𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒏𝒊𝒂 𝑾𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒔
DESCRIPTION:27 May (Tue) | 11:45am-12:45pm | Speaker: Stephen Wong MW | Venue: The Academy\, Masterclasses Room 2 - Vinexpo Singapore \n\n\nExplore 11 exemplary wines from 8 of Austria’s most famed DAC’s. Starting with Sekt\, ending with sweet\, this masterclass sandwiches benchmark and contemporary wines with flair and typicity\, demonstrating how Austria’s native grapes and international varieties shine from a quality\, diversity and value POV.\n\n\nSpeaker: \nStephen Wong MW \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. \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. \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. \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. \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. \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  \nVinexpo Singapore:\n27 & 28 May\, 9:30-18:30 / 29 May\, 9:30- 17:30\nVenue: Marina Bay Sands\, Singapore\nRegister Your Badge
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LOCATION:MWM Wine School\, 9th Floor\, Aberdeen Industrial Building\, 236 Aberdeen Main Road\, Aberdeen\, Hong Kong
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20250830T100000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20250830T140000
DTSTAMP:20260824T180001
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SUMMARY:Capstone California: Intermediate Level 2
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\nSpeaker: \nStephen Wong MW \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. \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. \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. \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. \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. \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  \nVinexpo Singapore:\n27 & 28 May\, 9:30-18:30 / 29 May\, 9:30- 17:30\nVenue: Marina Bay Sands\, Singapore\nRegister Your Badge
URL:https://mwminternational.com/events/capstone-california-introduction-level-2/
LOCATION:MWM Wine School\, 9th Floor\, Aberdeen Industrial Building\, 236 Aberdeen Main Road\, Aberdeen\, Hong Kong
CATEGORIES:California Wine,Capstone California,Capstone Level 2,Certificate Course,Wine
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20250903T123000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20250903T133000
DTSTAMP:20260824T180001
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SUMMARY:Unlock the Secrets of Napa’s Latest Trends
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\nSpeaker: \nStephen Wong MW \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. \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. \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. \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. \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. \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  \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/unlock-the-secrets-of-napas-latest-trends/
LOCATION:Restaurant\, Bar & Café Hong Kong\, Hall 5\, Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre\, Wan Chai\, Hong Kong
CATEGORIES:California Wine,Industry Events,Wine,Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20250925T153000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20250925T180000
DTSTAMP:20260824T180001
CREATED:20250908T142602Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250924T071844Z
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SUMMARY:Get Pro Together: A Celebration of Prosecco DOC
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\nSpeaker: \nStephen Wong MW \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. \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. \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. \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. \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. \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  \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/get-pro-together-a-celebration-of-prosecco-doc/
LOCATION:the Arca\, 43 Heung Yip Road\, Wong Chuk Hang\, Hong Kong
CATEGORIES:Industry Events,Wine
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20250926T183000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20250926T210000
DTSTAMP:20260824T180001
CREATED:20250902T060441Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250902T060441Z
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SUMMARY:TYP 2025 - Test Your Palate
DESCRIPTION:27 May (Tue) | 11:45am-12:45pm | Speaker: Stephen Wong MW | Venue: The Academy\, Masterclasses Room 2 - Vinexpo Singapore \n\n\nExplore 11 exemplary wines from 8 of Austria’s most famed DAC’s. Starting with Sekt\, ending with sweet\, this masterclass sandwiches benchmark and contemporary wines with flair and typicity\, demonstrating how Austria’s native grapes and international varieties shine from a quality\, diversity and value POV.\n\n\nSpeaker: \nStephen Wong MW \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. \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. \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. \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. \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. \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  \nVinexpo Singapore:\n27 & 28 May\, 9:30-18:30 / 29 May\, 9:30- 17:30\nVenue: Marina Bay Sands\, Singapore\nRegister Your Badge
URL:https://mwminternational.com/events/typ-2025-test-your-palate/
LOCATION:the Arca\, 43 Heung Yip Road\, Wong Chuk Hang\, Hong Kong
CATEGORIES:Festival,Spirits,Wine
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20251008T120000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20251008T170000
DTSTAMP:20260824T180001
CREATED:20250625T150647Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250625T150729Z
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SUMMARY:WSET Level 2 Award in Wines
DESCRIPTION:27 May (Tue) | 11:45am-12:45pm | Speaker: Stephen Wong MW | Venue: The Academy\, Masterclasses Room 2 - Vinexpo Singapore \n\n\nExplore 11 exemplary wines from 8 of Austria’s most famed DAC’s. Starting with Sekt\, ending with sweet\, this masterclass sandwiches benchmark and contemporary wines with flair and typicity\, demonstrating how Austria’s native grapes and international varieties shine from a quality\, diversity and value POV.\n\n\nSpeaker: \nStephen Wong MW \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. \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. \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. \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. \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. \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  \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-wines-3/
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:20251011T120000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20251011T170000
DTSTAMP:20260824T180001
CREATED:20250625T152653Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260816T171417Z
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SUMMARY:WSET Level 2 Award in Wines
DESCRIPTION:27 May (Tue) | 11:45am-12:45pm | Speaker: Stephen Wong MW | Venue: The Academy\, Masterclasses Room 2 - Vinexpo Singapore \n\n\nExplore 11 exemplary wines from 8 of Austria’s most famed DAC’s. Starting with Sekt\, ending with sweet\, this masterclass sandwiches benchmark and contemporary wines with flair and typicity\, demonstrating how Austria’s native grapes and international varieties shine from a quality\, diversity and value POV.\n\n\nSpeaker: \nStephen Wong MW \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. \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. \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. \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. \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. \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  \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-wines-4/
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:20251106T153000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20251106T170000
DTSTAMP:20260824T180001
CREATED:20251104T112416Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251104T162714Z
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SUMMARY:AI in Wine Business Wine Industry Conference at HKTDC
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\nSpeaker: \nStephen Wong MW \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. \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. \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. \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. \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. \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  \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/ai-in-wine-business/
LOCATION:Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre\, 1 Expo Drive\, Wan Chai\, Hong Kong\, 852
CATEGORIES:Industry Events
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20251107T120000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20251107T130000
DTSTAMP:20260824T180001
CREATED:20251104T170845Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251104T170903Z
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SUMMARY:GWSAA 2025 Award Winners Tasting
DESCRIPTION:27 May (Tue) | 11:45am-12:45pm | Speaker: Stephen Wong MW | Venue: The Academy\, Masterclasses Room 2 - Vinexpo Singapore \n\n\nExplore 11 exemplary wines from 8 of Austria’s most famed DAC’s. Starting with Sekt\, ending with sweet\, this masterclass sandwiches benchmark and contemporary wines with flair and typicity\, demonstrating how Austria’s native grapes and international varieties shine from a quality\, diversity and value POV.\n\n\nSpeaker: \nStephen Wong MW \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. \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. \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. \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. \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. \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  \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/2025-award-winners-tasting/
LOCATION:Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre\, 1 Expo Drive\, Wan Chai\, Hong Kong\, 852
CATEGORIES:Industry Events
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20251107T180000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20251107T190000
DTSTAMP:20260824T180001
CREATED:20251104T165501Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251104T165501Z
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SUMMARY:2025 Award Winning Craft Beer
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\nSpeaker: \nStephen Wong MW \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. \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. \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. \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. \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. \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  \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/2025-award-winning-craft-beer/
LOCATION:Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre\, 1 Expo Drive\, Wan Chai\, Hong Kong\, 852
CATEGORIES:Beer,Workshops
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ORGANIZER;CN="MWM Wine School":MAILTO:school@mwminternational.com
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20251108T130000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20251108T140000
DTSTAMP:20260824T180001
CREATED:20251104T163815Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251104T182234Z
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SUMMARY:Austrian Wine & Asian Sauce Pairing Workshop
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\nSpeaker: \nStephen Wong MW \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. \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. \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. \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. \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. \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  \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/austrian-wine-asian-source-pairing-workshop/
LOCATION:Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre\, 1 Expo Drive\, Wan Chai\, Hong Kong\, 852
CATEGORIES:Wine,Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20251108T130000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20251108T180000
DTSTAMP:20260824T180001
CREATED:20250801T021626Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251217T103101Z
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SUMMARY:Cicerone® Certified Beer Server Preparation Course
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\nSpeaker: \nStephen Wong MW \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. \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. \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. \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. \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. \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  \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/cicerone-certified-beer-server-preparation-course/
LOCATION:MWM Wine School\, 9th Floor\, Aberdeen Industrial Building\, 236 Aberdeen Main Road\, Aberdeen\, Hong Kong
CATEGORIES:Beer,Beer Server Level 1,Certificate Course,Cicerone
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20251114T190000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20251114T210000
DTSTAMP:20260824T180001
CREATED:20251019T142202Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251110T050545Z
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SUMMARY:Alsace Schlumberger's  Rendezvous with Umami
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\nSpeaker: \nStephen Wong MW \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. \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. \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. \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. \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. \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  \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/alsace-schlumbergers-rendezvous-with-umami/
LOCATION:Gold Garden Shanghai Cuisine\, Shop 3202\, 3/F\, Gateway Arcade\, Harbour City\, 3-27 Canton Road\, Tsim Sha Tsui\, Kowloon\, 00000\, Hong Kong
CATEGORIES:Dinner,French Wine,Wine
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20251116T123000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20251116T183000
DTSTAMP:20260824T180001
CREATED:20251021T130237Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251021T130403Z
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SUMMARY:WSET Level 1 - 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\nSpeaker: \nStephen Wong MW \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. \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. \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. \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. \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. \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  \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-wine-intensive/
LOCATION:MWM Wine School\, 9th Floor\, Aberdeen Industrial Building\, 236 Aberdeen Main Road\, Aberdeen\, Hong Kong
CATEGORIES:Certificate Course,Wine,WSET,WSET L1 Wine
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20251122T140000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20251122T190000
DTSTAMP:20260824T180001
CREATED:20250819T141513Z
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SUMMARY:WSET Level 3 Award in Wines
DESCRIPTION:27 May (Tue) | 11:45am-12:45pm | Speaker: Stephen Wong MW | Venue: The Academy\, Masterclasses Room 2 - Vinexpo Singapore \n\n\nExplore 11 exemplary wines from 8 of Austria’s most famed DAC’s. Starting with Sekt\, ending with sweet\, this masterclass sandwiches benchmark and contemporary wines with flair and typicity\, demonstrating how Austria’s native grapes and international varieties shine from a quality\, diversity and value POV.\n\n\nSpeaker: \nStephen Wong MW \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. \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. \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. \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. \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. \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  \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-3/
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:20251125T190000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20251125T214000
DTSTAMP:20260824T180001
CREATED:20250821T013113Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251121T114411Z
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SUMMARY:WSET Level 2 Award in Wines
DESCRIPTION:27 May (Tue) | 11:45am-12:45pm | Speaker: Stephen Wong MW | Venue: The Academy\, Masterclasses Room 2 - Vinexpo Singapore \n\n\nExplore 11 exemplary wines from 8 of Austria’s most famed DAC’s. Starting with Sekt\, ending with sweet\, this masterclass sandwiches benchmark and contemporary wines with flair and typicity\, demonstrating how Austria’s native grapes and international varieties shine from a quality\, diversity and value POV.\n\n\nSpeaker: \nStephen Wong MW \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. \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. \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. \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. \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. \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  \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-wines-5/
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:20251214T123000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20251214T183000
DTSTAMP:20260824T180001
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SUMMARY:WSET Level 1 - 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\nSpeaker: \nStephen Wong MW \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. \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. \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. \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. \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. \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  \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-wine-intensive-2/
LOCATION:MWM Wine School\, 9th Floor\, Aberdeen Industrial Building\, 236 Aberdeen Main Road\, Aberdeen\, Hong Kong
CATEGORIES:Certificate Course,Wine,WSET,WSET L1 Wine
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20251218T183000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20251218T210000
DTSTAMP:20260824T180001
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SUMMARY:Donate & Taste - December Get Together Wine Tasting
DESCRIPTION:27 May (Tue) | 11:45am-12:45pm | Speaker: Stephen Wong MW | Venue: The Academy\, Masterclasses Room 2 - Vinexpo Singapore \n\n\nExplore 11 exemplary wines from 8 of Austria’s most famed DAC’s. Starting with Sekt\, ending with sweet\, this masterclass sandwiches benchmark and contemporary wines with flair and typicity\, demonstrating how Austria’s native grapes and international varieties shine from a quality\, diversity and value POV.\n\n\nSpeaker: \nStephen Wong MW \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. \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. \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. \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. \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. \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  \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/donate-taste-december-get-together-wine-tasting/
LOCATION:MWM Wine School\, 9th Floor\, Aberdeen Industrial Building\, 236 Aberdeen Main Road\, Aberdeen\, Hong Kong
CATEGORIES:Festival,Wine
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20260117T140000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20260117T190000
DTSTAMP:20260824T180001
CREATED:20251216T080752Z
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SUMMARY:WSET Level 3 Award in Wines
DESCRIPTION:27 May (Tue) | 11:45am-12:45pm | Speaker: Stephen Wong MW | Venue: The Academy\, Masterclasses Room 2 - Vinexpo Singapore \n\n\nExplore 11 exemplary wines from 8 of Austria’s most famed DAC’s. Starting with Sekt\, ending with sweet\, this masterclass sandwiches benchmark and contemporary wines with flair and typicity\, demonstrating how Austria’s native grapes and international varieties shine from a quality\, diversity and value POV.\n\n\nSpeaker: \nStephen Wong MW \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. \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. \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. \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. \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. \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  \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-4/
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:20260118T120000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20260118T180000
DTSTAMP:20260824T180001
CREATED:20251217T165503Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251217T165637Z
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SUMMARY:WSET Level 1 Award in Wines
DESCRIPTION:27 May (Tue) | 11:45am-12:45pm | Speaker: Stephen Wong MW | Venue: The Academy\, Masterclasses Room 2 - Vinexpo Singapore \n\n\nExplore 11 exemplary wines from 8 of Austria’s most famed DAC’s. Starting with Sekt\, ending with sweet\, this masterclass sandwiches benchmark and contemporary wines with flair and typicity\, demonstrating how Austria’s native grapes and international varieties shine from a quality\, diversity and value POV.\n\n\nSpeaker: \nStephen Wong MW \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. \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. \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. \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. \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. \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  \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-wines-7/
LOCATION:MWM Wine School\, 9th Floor\, Aberdeen Industrial Building\, 236 Aberdeen Main Road\, Aberdeen\, Hong Kong
CATEGORIES:Wine,WSET,WSET L1 Wine
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20260121T180000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20260121T203000
DTSTAMP:20260824T180001
CREATED:20260106T034633Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260117T165829Z
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SUMMARY:TYP Aberdeen Pop-Up Tasting
DESCRIPTION:27 May (Tue) | 11:45am-12:45pm | Speaker: Stephen Wong MW | Venue: The Academy\, Masterclasses Room 2 - Vinexpo Singapore \n\n\nExplore 11 exemplary wines from 8 of Austria’s most famed DAC’s. Starting with Sekt\, ending with sweet\, this masterclass sandwiches benchmark and contemporary wines with flair and typicity\, demonstrating how Austria’s native grapes and international varieties shine from a quality\, diversity and value POV.\n\n\nSpeaker: \nStephen Wong MW \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. \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. \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. \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. \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. \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  \nVinexpo Singapore:\n27 & 28 May\, 9:30-18:30 / 29 May\, 9:30- 17:30\nVenue: Marina Bay Sands\, Singapore\nRegister Your Badge
URL:https://mwminternational.com/events/typ-new-year-edition-test-your-palate-tasting/
LOCATION:MWM Wine School\, 9th Floor\, Aberdeen Industrial Building\, 236 Aberdeen Main Road\, Aberdeen\, Hong Kong
CATEGORIES:Festival,Wine
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20260201T120000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20260201T180000
DTSTAMP:20260824T180001
CREATED:20251211T085554Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251223T015021Z
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SUMMARY:WSET Level 2 Award in Wines
DESCRIPTION:27 May (Tue) | 11:45am-12:45pm | Speaker: Stephen Wong MW | Venue: The Academy\, Masterclasses Room 2 - Vinexpo Singapore \n\n\nExplore 11 exemplary wines from 8 of Austria’s most famed DAC’s. Starting with Sekt\, ending with sweet\, this masterclass sandwiches benchmark and contemporary wines with flair and typicity\, demonstrating how Austria’s native grapes and international varieties shine from a quality\, diversity and value POV.\n\n\nSpeaker: \nStephen Wong MW \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. \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. \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. \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. \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. \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  \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-wines-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:20260210T190000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20260210T203000
DTSTAMP:20260824T180001
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SUMMARY:Austrian Wine & Sauce Pairing Night with Debra Meiburg MW
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\nSpeaker: \nStephen Wong MW \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. \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. \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. \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. \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. \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  \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/austrian-wine-sauce-pairing-night-with-debra-meiburg-mw/
LOCATION:MWM Wine School\, 9th Floor\, Aberdeen Industrial Building\, 236 Aberdeen Main Road\, Aberdeen\, Hong Kong
CATEGORIES:Wine,Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20260311T180000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20260311T203000
DTSTAMP:20260824T180001
CREATED:20260225T165711Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260225T171847Z
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SUMMARY:International Women’s Day Tasting – Raising a Glass to Women in Wine
DESCRIPTION:27 May (Tue) | 11:45am-12:45pm | Speaker: Stephen Wong MW | Venue: The Academy\, Masterclasses Room 2 - Vinexpo Singapore \n\n\nExplore 11 exemplary wines from 8 of Austria’s most famed DAC’s. Starting with Sekt\, ending with sweet\, this masterclass sandwiches benchmark and contemporary wines with flair and typicity\, demonstrating how Austria’s native grapes and international varieties shine from a quality\, diversity and value POV.\n\n\nSpeaker: \nStephen Wong MW \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. \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. \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. \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. \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. \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  \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/international-womens-day-tasting-raising-a-glass-to-women-in-wine/
LOCATION:MWM Wine School\, 9th Floor\, Aberdeen Industrial Building\, 236 Aberdeen Main Road\, Aberdeen\, Hong Kong
CATEGORIES:Festival,Wine
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20260315T100000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20260315T180000
DTSTAMP:20260824T180001
CREATED:20251218T031510Z
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SUMMARY:Advanced Whisky Ambassador
DESCRIPTION:27 May (Tue) | 11:45am-12:45pm | Speaker: Stephen Wong MW | Venue: The Academy\, Masterclasses Room 2 - Vinexpo Singapore \n\n\nExplore 11 exemplary wines from 8 of Austria’s most famed DAC’s. Starting with Sekt\, ending with sweet\, this masterclass sandwiches benchmark and contemporary wines with flair and typicity\, demonstrating how Austria’s native grapes and international varieties shine from a quality\, diversity and value POV.\n\n\nSpeaker: \nStephen Wong MW \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. \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. \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. \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. \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. \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  \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/advanced-whisky-ambassador/
LOCATION:MWM Wine School\, 9th Floor\, Aberdeen Industrial Building\, 236 Aberdeen Main Road\, Aberdeen\, Hong Kong
CATEGORIES:Spirits,Whisky Ambassador
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