{"id":126887,"date":"2018-11-30T15:53:18","date_gmt":"2018-11-30T13:53:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/past-cape-winemakers-guild-protege-is-young-winemaker-of-the-year\/"},"modified":"2018-11-30T15:53:18","modified_gmt":"2018-11-30T13:53:18","slug":"past-cape-winemakers-guild-protege-is-young-winemaker-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/past-cape-winemakers-guild-protege-is-young-winemaker-of-the-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Past Cape Winemakers Guild Prot\u00e9g\u00e9 is Young Winemaker of the Year"},"content":{"rendered":"

Past Cape Winemakers Guild Prot\u00e9g\u00e9 is Young Winemaker of the Year<\/a>: <\/p>\n

Past Cape Winemakers Guild Prot\u00e9g\u00e9 is Young Winemaker of the Year<\/p>\n

The title of 2018 Diner\u2019s Club Young Winemaker of the Year awarded to a former prot\u00e9g\u00e9 of the Cape Winemakers Guild is a feather in the cap of this forerunner of skills development in the South African wine industry.<\/p>\n

Rudger van Wyk who participated in the Cape Winemakers Guild Prot\u00e9g\u00e9 Programme before joining Stark-Cond\u00e9 as assistant winemaker in 2016, is the Guild\u2019s first past prot\u00e9g\u00e9 to be crowned Young Winemaker of the Year. Van Wyk earned the title in this well-respected annual competition now in its 18th year, with his Stark-Cond\u00e9 2016 Stellenbosch Syrah. He was promoted to winemaker at Stark-Cond\u00e9 earlier this year.<\/p>\n

During his time as a prot\u00e9g\u00e9 he honed his skills under the mentorship of Abrie Beeslaar at Kanonkop and Bernhard Veller at Nitida. Van Wyk looks back at his days as a prot\u00e9g\u00e9 with fond memories: \u2018Through the programme my wine knowledge increased greatly and it served as a stepping stone to producing fine wine. My internship also instilled a great passion for the wine industry and the work culture of striving to produce a great wine.\u2019<\/p>\n

Founded in 2006, the Cape Winemakers Guild Prot\u00e9g\u00e9 Programme has established itself as the most successful skills development programme in the South African wine industry. Driven by the single-minded vision of transformation, the programme has seen a total of 24 talented oenology and viticulture graduates garnering valuable experience while enjoying the rare opportunity of working side by side with members of the Guild. To date there are 20 former prot\u00e9g\u00e9s pursuing promising careers in the wine industry \u2013 from private wine estates to larger corporate companies.<\/p>\n

\u2018The Cape Winemakers Guild is passionate about transforming our industry through cultivating and nurturing young winemakers and viticulturists of excellence. This is an ongoing process that needs to be supported by the wine industry. After twelve years of the Prot\u00e9g\u00e9 Programme we can look back at our success and say a job well done. This is, however, only a start and it is wonderful to see the support from our winemakers and our sector as a whole to change our industry today for tomorrow,\u2019 says Louis Strydom, chairman of the Nedbank Cape Winemakers Guild Development Trust.<\/p>\n

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