Welcome to the Independent Wine Centre, Greater China's premier independent wine voice and your one-stop-shop for learning about, discovering, appreciating and, most importantly, enjoying the pleasure of drinking the world's great wines.

Selected correctly, matched with the right food, a great setting and good friends, wine is life's great sweetener and is rapidly becoming a significant part of contemporary everyday life in Greater China.

With over 17 years experience making, tasting, discussing, writing about, judging, studying and evaluating wine, the IWC is passionate about bringing the delicious wines of the West to the thirsty East. We are the ultimate channel of information for Greater China, filtering the often confusing messages of wine makers and commentators, coherently and considerately to perfectly match the Chinese palate, as well as keeping our fingers firmly on the pulse of Greater China's ever-evolving wine industry with extensive and on-going media commentary.

Led by Greater China's renowned wine commentator Simon Tam, the IWC comprises a fully independent team of qualified consultants widely recognised for "telling it how it is". We're not in the business of sales pitches or pandering to the famous labels just because they're famous and knocking the cheapies because of their price tag ¡V we're completely independent and quality minded.

We provide an ever-evolving wealth of 100 per cent impartial information, practical courses, answers to the many questions most people have about wine. The IWC offers unique opportunities for you to experience food and wine beyond the guidebooks, enabling you to see, smell, taste and experience the world of wine from the basics to its rich complexities. The IWC is dedicated to bringing wine to life in the context of modern living. We are committed to nurturing and developing invaluable life-long wine appreciation skills among the everyday wine drinker and the trade alike.