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The Next Chapter - Tawanda Marume (wine.co.za)
My journey started by chance some 10 or so years ago while working at an insurance company in Zimbabwe. Read more...

Q&A With Tawanda Marume; Sommelier Turned Entrepreneur (Wine Drifters)
We’ve always been acquainted with Tawanda and exchanged messages here and there, in other words, we didn’t know him on a personal level. Read more...

Beetroot chats with Tawanda Marume, a sommelier from Cape Town
While working in a wine shop – Wine Concepts, I always found it difficult whenever customers asked me for a food recommendation to a particular wine. Read more...

SA's first black-owned winery wins Small Business Entrepreneur of the Year (Business Report)
Carmen Stevens is petite-sized. But this wine-making barrel-wielding dynamo does not let obstacles stop her. Read more...

Longridge South Africa - Biodynamic Wines (YouTube)
Jasper Raats explains why he is completely convinced that biodynamic agriculture is the most sustainable way to maintain our soils. Watch here...

Introducing Team Zimbabwe 2019 (wine.co.za)
Zimbabwe has participated at the World Blind Wine Tasting Championships for 2 years running, producing good results. Read more...

Tanagra's good deed benefits McGregor community (wine.co.za)
Tanagra Winery & Distillery has always been in the forefront when it comes to responding to any charitable project or need. Read more...

A Toast – To the Real Hero of 2019 (Naked Wines)
Every year, we’re astounded by the generosity of this community. Here’s a look back at 3 incredible ways Angels gave back in 2019! Read more...

Launching the Sommeliers Association of Zimbabwe (wine.co.za)
It is often difficult to talk wine service in South Africa without mentioning Zimbabweans. They have long since formed a formidable coterie. Read more...

Congrats to Team Zim on their performance at the Ubuntu Trophy in Stellenbosch (wineroute.co.za)
The Stellenbosch Wine Routes Ubuntu Sommelier Trophy was hosted at the magnificent Stellenbosch Estate Lanzerac. Read more...

ASI 2021 BOOTCAMP ATTENDEES ANNOUNCED (asi.info)
ASI received applications from 35 countries for its first ever ASI BOOTCAMP, scheduled for Warsaw, Poland this September. Read more...

Our Sommeliers: TAWANDA MARUME (Cape Wine Tasting)
What started as enrolling onto a wine course as a form of learning the basics soon became a path he decided to follow & enroll. Read more...

Top somm Tawanda Marume joins as local jury member in South Africa (Star Wine List)
"It feels really great and quite an honour. I have always wanted to contribute to our growing wine industry. Read more...

Restaurant Talk: Syrah Stylings at South Africa's Rust en Vrede Restaurant (Wine Spectator)
Owner Jean Engelbrecht and wine director Tawanda Marume deliver vinous Cape excellence at the restaurant on the acclaimed winery. Read more...

Tourism, Food, and Wine news headlines: 13 September (WhaleTales)
The first ever South African Wine Tasting Championship amateur tasting team of ten, from which the four members to represent South Africa. Read more...

South Africa has crowned the 2015 Wine Tasting Champions (Food24)
He is followed by Anita Streicher-Nel, Joseph Dhafana, Chris Groenewarld and Tawanda Marume on the podium. Read more...