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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 written six books on pairing wine with Chinese cuisine and is the world’s foremost authority on the subject. Ch’ng has – since its inception in 2004 – been Regional Chair Asia Decanter World Wine Awards. He 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. Ch’ng is Chairman, Koshu Expert Committee of Japan; and, Co Chair, Young Talent Escoffier Competition Asia Pacific. 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 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 is known in China by his romanized pinyin name ZHUANG Buzhong. A first-generation Singaporean, his paternal ancestry is Hui’an, Quanzhou, Fujian Province, while his maternal ancestry is Shunde, Guangdong Province.