Vermeulen, Junel

Junel lives in Gauteng and is a South African National Masters swimming champion. Because of her curious nature, she had to know more about this wonderful subject ‘wine’, which already started as a young girl. She was one of the Cape Wine Academy’s first lecturers in...

Snyman, Caroline (Dr)

Caroline is the Marketing Director for Southern Africa at Distell, where see oversees all marketing activities across the wine, spirits and RTD portfolio for the region. She has held several other positions at Distell – Luxury Brands Director, Business Director...

Fallon, Margie (resigned)

Margie took up wine tasting in 1994, and what started out as a hobby, soon became a passion. In 1995, she started working in the wine industry and did the sales and marketing for various farms in Gauteng until 2003. She qualified as a Cape Wine Master in 2004 and her...

Rosenthal (Duminy), Heidi

Whilst at Hotel School in Johannesburg, Heidi was seduced by ‘the art of the grape’ for the first time. Working as a chef in London and South Africa, she sniffed, swirled, sipped her way through the Cape Wine Academy, and fatefully found herself employed...

Barker, Berenice (resigned)

Berenice has been a wine specialist for NMK Schulz Fine Wines in Johannesburg and then Cape Town since November 2001, representing a portfolio of 17 wine farms. She was once administrator, course co-ordinator and senior lecturer for the Cape Wine Academy and presented...