Born in Johannesburg in December 1986. I matriculated in Reasoma secondary high in 2005. I grew up in Soweto from a family of five, two siblings and the parents. I played for Soweto rugby club during the school years.
The question I am asked the most is : Why Wine? And my response to that is: Why not Wine. My passion with this path I undertook of wine was to challenge myself, the discipline of knowing more about the history of South African wines and the world abroad. The reason is that I knew or heard of no one pursuing this career.
Thus influencing me to seek this field, fortunately I was given a chance by Cape Wine Academy to study about wine. The effort and years given to history of wine is most amazing and interesting even to the novice. I graduated in 2013 as first level Sommelier (wine advisor) which was accredited by the University of Johannesburg.
In this line of work I’ve got to experience a lot of different personalities among those in the business, including people with knowledge of wine, people with an interest in the wine world and those new to the wine culture.
Prince was the winning wine steward in 2014 - in the Cape Legends Inter Hotel Challenge