17 - 19 March 2025
Excel London

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Queena Wong

Queena Wong

Founder, Curious Vines

A wine lover and changemaker, Queena Wong is a trailblazing female wine collector helping to build a new world of wine for all. She advocates for conscious inclusion and equal opportunity, ensuring that every person can confidently pursue wine as a passion, either as a consumer or as a career. Her presence is profound in reshaping the landscape of wine, making it an attractive and welcoming industry for the next generation.

Queena is a unique wine persona. Illustrating her all-encompassing passion for wine, she dedicates her time as a champion for both women and wine across multiple facets of the industry. Apart from being a rare female wine collector and leader of Curious Vines, she has extensive knowledge through the vertical of the premium wine market and strong connectivity across the broader scope of hospitality as a promoter of both wine and the sommelier profession.

Queena spearheaded the first UK Women in Wine Survey, a groundbreaking initiative highlighting the experiences and challenges of women in the industry. The results called to PROTECT, RETAIN and UPLIFT women in the industry. This influential survey kickstarted the UK’s first sector-wide drinks industry EDI programme, Drinks United, jointly led by the WSTA, WSET and The Drinks Trust.

Her deep understanding of the hospitality and wine sectors has secured her place as a respected judge for the Sommelier Edit Top 100 Sommelier Awards, CODE Hospitality Happiest Places to Work and Star Wine List of the Year UK. A food lover well before becoming a wine lover, Queena’s presence in the hospitality arena is felt and seen as she advocates respect for, and appreciation of the hospitality industry, with a core aim to celebrate the skill of the sommelier profession. Her efforts have been rewarded with recognition as No. 2 in the Drinks Retailing Top 100 Most Influential People in Drinks (UK) and CODE Hospitality's Connector of the Year.

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