Derrick Lim started his career as a musician but later found his passion for the grape. He is certified by both the Society of Wine Educators as a Certified Specialist of Wines (CSW) and by the Court of Master Sommelier as a Certified Sommelier.

In mid 2007, joined St. Regis Hotel Singapore as a Chef Sommelier. He recently left (in March 2010) to start up his own wine consultancy, Wine Repertoire, to fulfill his dream of working with diverse establishments to create some of Singapore's most exciting wine lists and wine programs.

Currently,Derrick is the Consulting Sommelier for Imperial Treasure Restaurants Group, the fastest growing Chinese Cuisines chain in Singapore today, and the Waku Ghin Restaurant by one of most renowned chefs, Tetsuya.

Derrick also judges for numerous wine competitions including; Wines & Spirits Asia 2010, Asia Style Awards 2008 and 2009, American Express Tower Club Annual Wine Challenge 2007, 2008 and 2009, Alsace Meets Asia Culinary Challenge 2007 and 2008, St. Emilion Grand Cru Classés Challenge 2008, 2009…And now The Local Nose!

Ervin  Tang is TLN's second guest nose. Ervin has been in the F&B industry for almost five years, and has learnt a lot about food and wines.

He started off as a trainee 6 years back and is now the Sommelier at The Cliff Restaurant. Wine captured his attention and his interest grew gradually when he learned from managers and sommeliers about wine. Not only does Ervin love to consume wine, but discovering and understanding wine has become a passion; as he believes each vintage tells a different stories about a wine.

Entering his fourth year at The Cliff, Ervin is pursuing the WSET Advanced certification and also looking forward to the Certified Specialist in Wine course as well.