Richard Hemming: I don’t come from a family of connoisseurs, even if my father occasionally drank wine. After university, I was looking for a job and I started working at a wine retailer completely by chance. I became hooked and decided that I wanted to make a career in wine. I began studying wine seriously, eventually becoming a specialist wine journalist. In 2015 I qualified as a Master of Wine, and since 2019 I have been living in Singapore where I am head of the Asian market for the 67 Pall Mall private members’ club.
Mason Ng: I first became interested in wine around the age of 14. At the time, I lived in Malaysia, where I’m from. I was originally supposed to study accounting and finance but I preferred to study wine! After completing my sommelier diploma, I began working in various establishments in Singapore, in particular, the three-Michelin-starred restaurant Les Amis. I have been head sommelier at Park 90 for the past four years.