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SUMMARY:Austria Meets Asia:  Crisp\, Cool & Contemporary by Stephen Wong 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/austria-meets-asia-crisp-cool-contemporary-by-stephen-wong-mw/
LOCATION:Vinexpo Singapore\, Maria Bay Sands\, Singapore
CATEGORIES:Industry Events,Wine,Workshops
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SUMMARY:Austrian Wine: A Hub of Activity at Vinexpo Singapore
DESCRIPTION:27- 29 May | For Trade and Visitor of Vinexpo Only \nMW-led pop-ups\, VIP gathering\, meet-the-makers\, business-matching\, guided tours – the Austrian Wine booth will have it all:\n\n\nGet in touch to book a 1-on-1 meeting with wineries\nBook a catch-up with CEO Chris Yorke\nMark you cals for the pop-up series with Annette Scarfe MW & Stephen Wong MW ⁠\n\nDrop by anytime to explore the wines on offer at winery booths and the Austrian Wine Bar. \n\n\n\nPop-up 1:  \n27 May\, 16:00-16:30 \nAustria’s New Wave\, by Stephen Wong MW. \nPop-up 2:\n28 May\, 14:00-14:30\nWine List Wonders\, by Annette Scarfe MW \nPop-up 3:\n29 May\, 12:00-12:30\nRed Alert\, by Annette Scarfe MW \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-a-hub-of-activity-at-vinexpo-singapore/
LOCATION:Vinexpo Singapore\, Maria Bay Sands\, Singapore
CATEGORIES:Industry Events,Wine,Workshops
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