Dr. Clinton Lee has a Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, an MBA in Finance and a doctorate in Business Administration. He has attained the highest qualification from the Wine Spirit and Education Trust based in London, the WSET Diploma and the Certified International Educator. He is the CEO of Vinoscenti Canada and China. Both these institutions offer the WSET program.
Dr. Lee has also attained the Certified Specialist of Wine, Certified Specialist of Spirits designation and the French Wine Scholar (USA). He is a Certified Sherry Educator awarded by the Consejo De Regulador (Spain) and is a wine judge with the Hong Kong International Wine Judge Association. He is currently undertaking the Master of Wine (MW) studies. He has been a lecturer at the University of Simon Fraser teaching and developing the wine program there for the last two years. Dr Lee has been hosted by the Wine Institute of Germany, The Italian Vinitaly and Italian Chanber of Commerce, The Spanish and Chinese governments. He presented his paper recently 2015 at the OIV 9th World Symposium on Viticulture and Enology in China and is now a visiting professor at the North West University College of Enology China. This is China’s only Enology institution.
Dr. Lee is an international wine lecturer and wine writer and critic who has delivered lectures to a wide body of audiences ranging from professional bodies to the wine aficionados. He is a Hong Kong International Wine Judge and a frequent speaker at the Hong Kong International Wine Fair. Dr. Lee has travelled to all the major wine regions of the world and infuses his wine knowledge with his Doctoral knowledge, which was based on Cultural Diversity and organizational culture. Using both of these specialized
knowledge streams he effectively projects them as a bridge to explore other cultures. He has taught WSET programs and other wine courses both in Canada and internationally in China, Singapore, Hong Kong and Taiwan Argentina and Italy.
Dr. Clinton Lee is an International Wine Consultant, combining both his business and wine expertise. He has consulted extensively with wineries, winemakers and the wine industry in Canada, USA, Portugal, Spain, Argentina, Chile, China, South Africa, Italy and France with identifying wine brands, blending and marketing of wines. Dr. Lee will be completing his book on wine in 2016.
