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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 and Data Content Manager
Renee heads up our content managers and is responsible for maintaining the high level of data accuracy we pride ourselves on. Renee is well known for her particular attention to detail when putting together the extensive data for the enormous trade show catalogues. None of us know how she manages it!
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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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Sheryl Kruger
Client 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 looks after all of our winery clients ensuring they are happy with our service. If you want to get the most out of your listing at wine.co.za, just speak to her!
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Mart-Mari du Preez
Online Shop Manager
Mart has a background steeped in wine. Hailing from Robertson she studied at Stellenbosch University and has worked at various wine farms. Mart comes to wine.co.za with youthful energy and a professional work ethic that we value highly. Mart manages our online shop so any queries regarding the purchasing of wine, or status of your order, please contact Mart.
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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. If you want to get your article published on wine.co.za, speak to Carla.
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Kudzai Dzemwa
Data Content Manager
Kudzai is one of our content managers and her attention to detail helps us maintain the high level of data accuracy we pride ourselves on. Our wine clients love her friendly manner - her giggle is delightful!
  

 
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