Cathy van Zyl MW

Cathy became the first Master of Wine on the African continent when she passed the notoriously difficult and prestigious MW examination in 2005. Previously chair of the Institute of Masters of Wine’s education committee and a member of its Council for six years, she was chair of the IMW between September 2022 and 2024. Cathy lectures and judges locally and internationally, occasionally contributes to wine journals and websites around the world, but spends most of her wine-time as associate editor of this guide. In 2019, she was named Institute of Cape Wine Masters’ Personality of the Year for her passionate promotion of South African wine.

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