Fongyee began to study wine whilst at Cambridge reading Classical Chinese, and became captain of the University Blind Wine Tasting Team, leading them to victory in 2004. In 2007, she moved to Beijing, China and became the co-founder, with Edward Ragg MW, of Dragon Phoenix Wine Consulting. She is now a specialist wine educator and consultant in English and Mandarin., with Dragon Phoenix becoming one of China's most successful wine education companies. She also regularly judges, having been guest international judge for such shows as both regional and capital Australian wine shows, AWOCA (Wines of Chile), IWC and the South Africa Trophy Wine Show. Fongyee also has featured in the award-winning documentary Red Obsession, and starred in Wok ’n Wine 品尝中国, about wine matching with Chinese cuisines with more than 4 million viewers, as well as Carpe Vinum 意大利美酒之游, featuring the wine regions of Italy, as well as executive producing the documentary Waking the Sleeping Dragon which

showed at the Venice Film Festival.

Current employer: Dragon Phoenix Wine Consulting

Primary area(s) of work: Communication

Industry sector(s): Educator, Consultant, Wine judge, Wine tourism

Wine region expertise: Argentina, Australia, Casblanca Valley, Chile, Colchagua Valley, Georgia, Germany, Hawke's Bay, Hungary Tokaj, Limari Valley, Marlborough, Mendoza, New South Wales, New Zealand, South Australia, Western Australia, Maipo Valley, Sicily, China

Market expertise: China

Specialisms: Vine burial, Marketing wine, Identifying and meeting consumer demand, TV, Events, Broadcasting, Food and wine pairing, Wine judging