CH'NG Poh Tiong's column: Zuo Wang
Top Margaret River Bordeaux white blends
[CH'NG Poh Tiong] Margaret River produced white Bordeaux blends of a very high quality in 2013 and 2012 which will continue to improve with time.
Good service is more important than great wine knowledge
[CH'NG Poh Tiong] We have to recognize that, at the end of the day, a sommelier’s work is to provide a satisfying service which is even more important than displaying wine knowhow.
The legendary 1947 Cheval Blanc
[CH'NG Poh Tiong] Until I tasted it myself, I have heard people who have had it saying that Cheval Blanc 1947 reminded them of Port. They are not completely right...
Romanee-Conti Year of the Horse vintage & China's greatest horse painting
[CH'NG Poh Tiong] The most memorable wine I have ever had in my 58 years happens to be a Year of the Horse vintage.
Greed can make us stupid
[CH'NG Poh Tiong] The greediest expressions of wine in Asia are the wine lists of the vast majority of 5-star hotels and some equally gobbling independent restaurants.
Five great whites that remind me of Song ceramics
[CH'NG Poh Tiong] Song wares, their incredible delicacy and elegance, can be likened to very refined wines.
128 Great Years of Bordeaux Dinners in China and Singapore
[CH'NG Poh Tiong] In 2004, the idea came to me to organise a tour of China and Singapore with a great wine each from Bordeaux’s eight most illustrious communes
Dr Kevin John Cullen's 91st birthday party
[CH'NG Poh Tiong] Two weeks ago, the children from the Cullen Estate celebrated the 91st birthday of their father, Dr Kevin John Cullen, who had departed nineteen years ago.
The wine route to China
[CH'NG Poh Tiong] If 2,000 years ago everyone wanted silk from China, now everyone wants to sell to China, including Bordeaux wine.
Chardonnay and a Ming emperor
[CH'NG Poh Tiong] While tasting some Margaret River Chardonnay, Poh Tiong thought about the Yongle Emperor in the Ming Dynasty.