China’s celebrates nation’s first Master Sommelier

Lu Yang MS, corporate wine director for Shangri-La Hotels, has successfully navigated the latest exams to become the first Chinese Master Sommelier.

He told Decanter: ‘ I hope that my moderate achievement can encourage more sommeliers, and I firmly believe that very soon we will see more Chinese sommeliers joining the MS team.’

Also securing the vaunted MS lapel pin were Stefan Neumann, head sommelier at Dinner by Heston Blumenthal, and Piotr Pietras, head sommelier at Launceston Place and the second Polish MS in history.