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meet the team
WINE.CO.ZA is a young and progressive team of people with IT expertise at its core. The diverse lot of us share a love for South Africa and her wines, a passion for information and, ultimately, communicating via the Net.
 
Kevin Kidson
Founder & Managing Director
Strategist, mastermind, techno whizz and Don to the WINE.CO.ZA mob, Kevin is where the buck starts and stops. He can be found contemplating The Big Picture and emerges every few months beaming with new business strategies and innovative products to boot.
  
Judy Brower
Founder & Sales Director
Life partner to The Don, Director of WINE.CO.ZA, and most importantly, our resident chef. There is no end to the roles Judy fulfills at home, at work, in life and beyond. In her capacity as Director of WINE.CO.ZA she is involved on a strategic level as well as heads up our corporate marketing & sales efforts and HR department.
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Michelle Ladewig
Manager: Advertising, Sponsors & E-Solutions
Fiesty, fearless and fabulous Michelle is a WINE.CO.ZA institution. She is loved far and wide across the winelands for her dedication to her e-solutions, web design and advertising clients. Internally, she is affectionately known as our Cosmetics Queen for her appreciation of all things aesthetic and therefore makes a major contribution to how we are perceived externally.
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Garth Hapgood-Strickland
Senior Web Developer & Web Designer
Dark, daring and damn efficient (don't let the double-barrel surname fool you), Garth is Kevin's programming wingman and in charge of what we call, 'the front-end', i.e. the look and feel of the WINE.CO.ZA portal. Garth works his magic in minutes and is the darling of all the WINE.CO.ZA women who need changes made to the site - yesterday, all day.
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Renee Barnard
Catalogue Manager
Renee Barnard is back on board with wine.co.za, and is well known for her particular attention to detail when putting together the extensive data for the enormous WOSA's trade show catalogues. Renee is working on both the Content Team as well as the Catalogues.
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Adele Dixon
Bookkeeper
Adele Dixon is responsible for the finances at WINE.CO.ZA - annoy her at your peril! All the invoicing, bookkeeping, payments and salaries are her responsibility, so we make sure she is well fed and watered.
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Johan du Toit
Client Manager
Johan has stepped into the Sales position coming from various activities in the hospitality industry, both here and abroad. He is passionate about having come back to his roots in South Africa and the Western Cape, and his bakkie is often seen nipping around the winelands.
  
Sheryl Kruger
Online Shop Manager
Sheryl's background could not be more immersed in wine if she tried! She grew up on a well-known wine farm, is married to a wine-maker, has managed wine shops, run tasting rooms, so nothing ruffles her wine feathers! Sheryl manages our online Shop @ Wine.co.za, so if you would like to list your wines - please contact her.
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Mart-Mari du Preez
Online Shop
Mart has a background steeped in wine. Hailing from Robertson and having studied at Stellenbosch University, she worked at various wine farms, as well as at Cybercellar, Mart comes to wine.co.za with youthful energy and a professional work ethic that we value highly.
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Carla van der Merwe
WineNews Editor
Carla has a deep love for the South African winelands and has worked in several sectors of the wine industry including cellar door and marketing before taking up the position as wine.co.za news editor. Carla has a diversity of interests and a passion for learning everything there is to know about wine.
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Kudzai Dzemwa
Data Content Manager
Kudzai joined wine.co.za with many years of administrative experience and her attention to detail is impressive. Her giggle is delightful, all the while learning plenty about wine day by day.
  

 
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