ABOUT THE TASTING:

Domaines Barons de Rothschild (DBR), owners of Château Lafite, made history in 2019 when they launched the first vintage from their Chinese estate, Domaine de Long Dai from Shandong province. The wine was more than a decade in the making: following a lengthy search for the right site, the yard land was purchased in 2009 and vines planted in 2017; it launched amid great excitement and high expectations. Through tasting four historic vintages of Château Lafite and four more recent vintages of Domaine de Long Dai, the masterclass will build up a sensory picture of the estate’s past, present and future, showing how the search for balance underpins viticulture and winemaking, be it in Bordeaux or in Shandong.

Saskia de Rothschild, executive chairwoman of DBR, who succeeded her father Baron Eric de Rothschild as the head of the family’s wine estates, will provide unparalleled insight during this historic East-meets-West masterclass.

ESSENTIAL INFO: 

Price: SGD 600
Time: 1:45PM - 3PM
Speaker: Saskia de Rothschild
Co-Host: CH’NG Poh Tiong

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SPEAKER: SASKIA DE ROTHSCHILD

Saskia de Rothschild is executive chairwoman of Domaines Barons de Rothschild Lafite (DBR) and joint manager of the Château Lafite Rothschild property in Pauillac. She joined the DBR Board in 2008 and has been chairwoman alongside her father, Baron Éric de Rothschild, since 2016. She took on the role of chair of DBR Lafite in 2018, assuming control of the family wineries in France, Chile, Argentina and China. A graduate of HEC Paris and Columbia University in New York City, she started her career as a journalist, initially as a freelance in the United States, then with the New York Times, before changing direction and studying for a BTSA in viticulture & oenology.

CO-HOST: CH’NG POH TIONG

Bordeaux specialist Ch’ng Poh Tiong is a world authority on the Marselan grape variety, Chinese wine and Japan’s indigenous koshu grape variety.

A lawyer by training, he is Regional Chair for Asia for the Decanter World Wine Awards, a position he has held since the Awards’ inception in 2004. He is a highly regarded wine consultant and wine and spirits writer, as well as a senior international wine judge.

As a keynote speaker at the Master of Wine Symposium 2002, he delivered the famous ‘Coca-Colonisation of Wine’ speech. He holds a postgraduate certificate with distinction in Chinese art from London’s School of Oriental & African Studies.

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