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Justin Yong, director at Impeccable APAC, attributes this transformation to the democratisation of taste. \u201cAccess to fine wine has broadened, global curiosity is at an all-time high, and consumers everywhere feel empowered to define their own palates.\u201d He believes Singapore is well placed to influence global wine trends.<\/span><\/p>\n There is substance behind the claim. Singapore\u2019s wine culture is supported by wine clubs like 67 Pall Mall and bars like Temper and <\/span>Park90<\/span><\/a>, plus a strong line-up of restaurants and qualified sommeliers. International auction houses have also taken notice. In May 2026, Acker held a live auction in Singapore, underscoring the city’s appeal to serious wine collectors.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Singapore is also beginning to make its mark through homegrown innovation. One example is SKLO Evolution, a locally designed wine glass developed with Asian wine drinkers in mind, with its proportions taking into account differences in facial anatomy.<\/span><\/p>\n Yet wine remains largely the preserve of collectors, professionals and enthusiasts, rather than a part of everyday culture. Jackie Ang MW, who served on the panel, believes it needs to move beyond the lifestyle pages and into mainstream media with a TV personality who could do for wine here what Oz Clarke did in the UK. Whether the shift is tectonic, as Soo Hoo puts it, depends on whether the wider public follows.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n Justin Yong, director at Impeccable APAC, attributes this transformation to the democratisation of taste. \u201cAccess to fine wine has broadened, global curiosity is at an…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":97057,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2611],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-97056","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-buzz-headlines","wpcat-2611-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97056","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=97056"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97056\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/97057"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=97056"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=97056"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=97056"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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