Define wine with an Asian vocabulary, enjoy it more

Newcomers to wine tasting in China may be confused about some of the standard descriptions of wine. For example, what is black currant, and how does it taste? There are many other descriptions that simply do not relate to Chinese culture. To remedy this, Jeannie Cho Lee, the first Asian Master of Wine, from South Korea, provides a solution: Describe wines in your own way.

Recently Lee was at the Grand Hyatt Beijing to promote her second book, Mastering Wine for the Asian Palate, in English. Meanwhile, the simplified Chinese version of her first book, Asian Palate, will be published locally in October. While the first book is about how to pair wine with Asian foods, the second book is how to understand wine using Asian descriptions.

"When I studied wine, I wanted to have books relevant to my life experiences in Hong Kong and South Korea," says Lee, who has lived in Hong Kong for 17 years.