WineActually has been founded based on the following core founding principles:
- We believe wines should be enjoyed regardless of fashion and fad.
Why let a herd of sheep determine what you should be drinking? Trust your palate.
- The best form of wine education is in its practical form and that involves drinking more wines (responsibly).
- Lastly and most importantly, wine is about fun and enjoyment with food, family and friends.
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Founders
WineActually was founded by Wilson Quah and Shaun Lee, two ex-London finance professionals turn wine enthusiasts.
Shaun Lee
Shaun is proud to be a Penangite (though he's never actually lived there for more than a
month) and proud to have grown up in Petaling Jaya (though he had no PJ friends as he
went to school in KL).
The first time he tasted wine was when he was nine at Club Med Cherating. He believes it
must have been cheap French table wine given it was Club Med though he can't be sure.
Since then, Shaun has always been secretly fascinated with wine. He can't get over the fact
how adding some grapes, some yeast, some wood and a little time can yield such fascinating
flavours.
However, he only openly declared his love for wine in 2009 when he was about to quit
his stable London job to pursue his entrepreneurial ambitions back home in Asia.
A Chartered Accountant by training, he cannot survive without a calculator, a
sprinkle of Felicia, a dash of tennis, a bit of running, some doggy love (keep
it clean please) and a warm serving of family and friends.
Shaun is qualified to the Advanced Level of the WSET certification.
Favourite red: Chilean Carmenere blends
Favourite white: Sancerres
Favourite region: Saint-Emilion, Bordeaux. Simply because it is so darn beautiful.
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Wilson J Q Quah
Wilson is born a Kedahan and is still a Kedahan through and through. He spent
most of his life studying in Alor Star and only came to KL after secondary school.
The first bottle of wine he tasted was a 1998 Chateau Magnol which he found
lying around in his storeroom during his 16th birthday. With no sense of how
to drink wine, he and his friends drank this out of the bottle. That was when he
first figured it out, wines are supposed to be enjoyed with family and friends.
Fast forward into the future, with many a bottles with friends in the UK (and
many Counter Strike + Wine sessions), he came back to the country without
any idea of his future in the midst of the global financial crisis and recession.
By chance, he met Shaun at Starbucks one day where incidentally they shared
a common idea - to take wine online.
He was introduced to WinelibraryTV by Shaun and has been a Vayniac
ever since, learning more and more about wine than he used to care about.
Outside wine, he loves his family most and at time of writing, he is awaiting
the results of his WSET (Wine and Spirits Education Trust) Intermediate
certification exam.
Favourite red: Nebbiolo-based (Barolo and Barbaresco)
Favourite white: Gewurztraminer (Yes it's like drinking perfume)
Favourite region: Klang Valley (who said it has to produce wines?)
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