CH’NG Poh Tiong

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Greatest Chablis List in the World

BREAKING NEWS!

Seaside town of Grau du Roi • 25 September 2022

Cognac Frapin Harvest • 23 September 2022

Cognac Frapin • 22 September 2022

Cognacs Braastad and Tiffon • 22 September 2022

Sommeliers

SOMMELIER • Jacques Chua

67 Pall Mall Singapore Assistant Head Sommelier Jacques Chua started her hospitality journey in hotels including …
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SOMMELIER • Terence Wong
SOMMELIER • Romain Crozat

Tours

Spirits

Frapin • DRC of Cognac

FRAPIN DRC of COGNAC Next week, 23 to 25 May 2023, Singapore will host its first Vinexpo Asia. …
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Young, Dynamic Cognac
Cape Brandy • Tok Kong Tasting 2023

Wine Lists

Craziest Wine List in The World ?

Park Hotel Vitznau, on the shore of Lake Lucerne, Switzerland, has the most insane wine …
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Greatest Value-For-Money List?
Best Cruise List in the World

GrapeVine

Origins of a New Year

WELCOME TO EDITION 845 of GRAPEVINE A New Year is decided by the calendar. Not …
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Last Chance to Visit Lafite
Paralysed
Pickpocketed!
Three Times More Costly!

SOMMELIER • Jacques Chua

67 Pall Mall Singapore Assistant Head Sommelier Jacques Chua started her hospitality journey in hotels including …
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SOMMELIER • Terence Wong
SOMMELIER • Romain Crozat
SOMMELIER • Cherish Ho
Sommelier • Yoshinori Nagata

A Bordeaux specialist (with more than a hundred trips to the wine region), CH’NG Poh Tiong is also a world authority on Marselan, Chinese wine, and Japanese Koshu. He has – since its inception in 2004 – been Regional Chair Asia for the UK’s Decanter World Wine Awards. Ch’ng also contributes on China and Japan to the world’s best-selling wine guide *Hugh Johnson Pocket Wine Book* . He has, since its inauguration in 2014, been a Senior Judge of *World of Fine Wine’s* Best Wine Lists of the World Competition. He is Chairman, Koshu Expert Committee of Japan; Co Chair, Young Talent Escoffier Culinary Competition Asia Pacific; and, Chairman, The Tower Club Wine Awards. In 2012, CH’NG Poh Tiong was inducted at Blair Castle, Perthshire, as a Keeper of the Quaich, the highest honour in Scotch Whisky. He is, since 2000, Wine Consultant to FairPrice Finest, Singapore’s largest supermarket chain and largest retailer in wine. A trained lawyer, Ch’ng Poh Tiong holds a postgraduate Certificate with Distinction in Chinese Art, School of Oriental & African Studies, University of London. He is a past Honorary Ambassador of TEFAF (The European Fine Art Foundation), organiser of the world’s premier fine art fair in Maastricht, and a Life Member of The China Society of Singapore.

CH’NG Poh Tiong, Decanter World Wine Awards Asia Regional Chair, has served as International Judge at:
．	South African Airway’s Wine Selection
．	Perth Royal Wine Show
．	Sydney Royal Wine Show
．	Hunter Valley Wine Show
．	Japan Wine Challenge
．	Air New Zealand Wine Awards

He was a Keynote Speaker at the Master of Wine Symposium 2002 in Vienna, Austria, where he delivered the famous “Coca-Colonisation of Wine” speech. Ch’ng Poh Tiong also spoke at the *Master of Wine Symposium 2010* in Bordeaux.