Tan Ying Hsien MW

Ying is the first Singaporean Master of Wine, an accolade he has held since 2015. As a lawyer for more than two decades specialising in banking law and financial services regulation, Ying came to wine through the same analytical rigour he brought to the bar. His interest began during university studies in the United Kingdom in 1983, and by 2010 he had set aside a legal career to pursue wine full-time.

Today he runs Taberna Wine Academy in Singapore, consults to restaurants on their wine programmes, judges at international competitions, and writes about wine. A member of the Commanderie de Bordeaux, the Confrérie des Chevaliers du Tastevin, and the Ordre des Côteaux de Champagne, he brings with him decades of experience to Asia Wine Review's methodology.

At AWR, Ying leads the Burgundy & Burgundy-adjacent category and the Tier 2 France category, bringing an advocate's precision to every score. As the Lead Founding Critic and Board Advisor, he works alongside Jaclene Liew and Gerald Lu on AWR's blind tasting methodology, bringing his decades of experience and precision to how the panel is built and run.