Three new Cape Wine Masters announced
By Christian Eedes, 9 May 2016
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Steyn, Visser and Louw. Image courtesy of Wine.co.za.
Three new graduates were recently awarded their certificates as Cape Wine Masters (CWM) by the Cape Wine Academy and Institute of Cape Wine Masters. These were:
Janno Briers-Louw, MD of Eenzaamheid, Paarl
Jacques Steyn, national sales manager for Jordan Wine Estate, Stellenbosch
Karin Visser, Western Cape sales manager of fine wine importing company Great Domaines
Their dissertations were respectively titled: Dryland viticulture: an overview of the South African situation; Biodynamic viticulture in South Africa – nature’s principles or pseudoscience?; and Pinot Noir in South Africa and New Zealand with specific reference to Hemel-en-Aarde and Central Otago.
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