Spirit Judges

Enrico Ho Shu Kay (Hong Kong)

Enrico has extensive experience working in the Hotel Food & Beverage industry for 19 year’s including big names as Conrad International, Grand Hyatt and The Park Lane.


Max Wan (Hong Kong)

Max started his career in the wines & spirits industry back in 2000 when he joined Jardine Caldbeck Limited, working on both wines & spirits with leading brands as Glenfiddich, Balvenie, Jack Daniel’s.


May Wong

 Product Manager, Erdington Hong Kong


Ron Taylor ( Hong Kong)

Ron, born in Scotland and a resident of Hong Kong, has been studying wine & spirits for over 30 years and lecturing for at least 12 of those years.


Stephen Notman (Shanghai)

Based in Shanghai, Steve is the founder of Whisky Live Shanghai and Taipei.


Steven Lin (Taipei)

Mr. Lin is the owner of L’arrière-cour which is the most professional whisky bar in Taipei, over 400 choices of Scotch single malt whisky, reported by magazines & TV shows (recently Travel & Living).


Thomas Ling (Kuala Lumpur)

Thomas Ling is Malaysia’s first Certified Sommelier (Court of Master Sommeliers, UK), an accredited International Burgundy and Bordeaux Educator with the Bureau Interprofessionnel des Vins de Bourgogne (CIVB)


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