Chien Hao Chen

Chien Hao Chen is the winemaker behind the award-winning Vino Formosa, a dessert wine made in collaboration with Taichung’s Shu Sheng Leisure Domaine. The wine brand’s red and white varieties both won international gold medals in their respective categories at the Vinalies Internationales Competition in Paris. Chen is the first winemaker in Taiwan to obtain a French wine-making technician license. He is a master sommelier who has advised three Michelin-star restaurants since 2010.

Chen studied oenology at the University of Burgundy in 1997 and was the first Asian in the program. An associate professor at the National Kaohsiung University of Hospitality and Tourism, he has devoted himself to reviving Taiwan’s wine culture with new equipment and techniques.