CH’NG Poh Tiong

Tag Archives: New Zealand

Tukipo River Estate Fat Duck Pinot Noir 2012

9 September, 2019 Wine of the Day 0

This is a family-owned winery situated in Hawkes Bay in the North Island of New Zealand. The wine is named for the wild ducks who make a home for themselves around the irrigation dam on the vineyard. Raspberry fruit with a delicate spice aspect. There is a grip of tannins on the …

Misha’s Vineyard ‘The Starlet’ Sauvignon Blanc 2016

10 November, 2018 Wine of the Day 0

Proprietors Misha and Andy Wilkinson had lived in Singapore for 17 years. They held regional positions for leading information technology companies in marketing and sales respectively. When it came time to start the second half of their lives, they went to New Zealand (where Andy comes from and which Aussie …

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.

CH’NG Poh Tiong

Tag Archives: New Zealand

Tukipo River Estate Fat Duck Pinot Noir 2012

Misha’s Vineyard ‘The Starlet’ Sauvignon Blanc 2016

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