Guest

Member of the Asian Wine Association – Owner of Sula Vineyards.

Whisky Write & Journalist Author of Singlemalt whisky bible Whisky Live in Seoul Committee Judge of Korean Wine & Spirits Awards.

Chen Chienhao is Assistant Professor of Wine and Spirits at the National Kaohsiung University of Hospitality and Tourism and Professor at the Polytechnic University of Hong Kong. He has a PhD in Tropical Agriculture and a Master of OIV from the University of Paris X Nanterre. He is a CIVB qualified International Wine Educator

Associate professor at the Faculty of Agriculture, Kagoshima University, Yumiko also has a master’s degree and a Ph.D. in Agriculture. She specialises in the formation mechanism of odour compounds in fermented foods, and more specifically in Shochu. She conducts research for the Brewing Society of Japan, the Japan Society for Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Agrochemistry, and [...]

Rojita Tiwari is an independent wine & spirits writer & consultant. She is an award-winning blogger and founder of Drinks & Destinations. She is a well-known name on the Indian alcohol, travel and hospitality scene and a judge at several international wine and spirits competitions. She is a WSET certified wine & spirits professional and has been listed [...]

Editor and key taster of Simple Wine News, Russia's leading wine magazine, one of the best Russian wine writers contributing to different life-style magazines, including Kommersant Weekend, GQ Russia, Aeroflot Premium, Taste etc

A taster, writer and traveller, Eduardo is the owner and wine editor of ‘Vitis Magazine’, the only technical and international wine magazine in Chile. Author of the popular ‘Vinos con Cuento’ guide, he is a member of Chile’s circle of wine and gourmet food writers. Founder of Vignadores de Carignan, his goal is to rescue [...]

Wine writer, translator, blogger and journalist Editor VINHO MAGAZINE (about wine and food) Wine events and fairs organiser in Brasil, like “Wine Weekend”, the biggest wine fair in Latin America

Carlos Borboa is a certified sommelier and a specialized wine & spirits journalist. He works as a columnist for El Universal Newspaper Mexico City. He teaches the specialized course in wine at the Mexican Sommelier Association and for the Master of Wine at CESSA Universidad Mexico City. He is a wine and spirits consultant and founder [...]

Derek Sandhaus is an American writer. He is the author of three books, most recently Baijiu: The Essential Guide to Chinese Spirits (Penguin, 2014). His writing has appeared in magazines, anthologies and literary journals. He is also the editor of numerous titles, including the memoirs of controversial sinologist Sir Edmund Trelawny Backhouse, Décadence Mandchoue (Earnshaw, [...]