winelab.Africa

01/06/2026

✍️ WSET Level 2 Award in Wines🍷

Book now for winelab.Africa’s in-person WSET course in Joburg this July!

Take your wine knowledge up a notch with the WSET Level 2 Award in Wines, our most popular course. You will explore key grape varieties and wine styles from around the globe to expand your international wine knowledge.

Course date: 3,4 +5 July 2026
Course time: 08h30-15h30
Exam date: 18 July
Course cost: R10 500
Payment due: 29 June
Venue: winelab.Africa
Loft Office West
First Floor, The Zone
Rosebank
Johannesburg

Book your seat now!
www.winelab.africa

WSET

29/05/2026

✍️ WSET Level 1 Award in Wines this July🍷

Book now for winelab.Africa’s in-person WSET course in Joburg!

Are you:
✅Looking to take the first steps into the wine or hospitality world
✅Or are you a enthusiast who wants to get to grips with the basics?

The WSET Level 1 Award in Wines provides a solid foundation:
🍷teaching you to taste wine using a globally recognised approach
🍷identify key styles of wine and characteristics of important grape varieties
🍷learn the key principles of food and wine pairing.

No prior wine knowledge is required, just enthusiasm!

Course date: 6 July
Course time: 08h30-16h00
Exam date: On the same day
Course cost: R3 900
Payment due: 19 June
Venue: winelab.Africa
Loft Office West
First Floor, The Zone
Rosebank
Johannesburg

Book your seat now!

www.winelab.africa

WSET

25/05/2026

🍷The DipWSET Alumni Africa Chapter held tastings in both the Western Cape and Gauteng earlier this month. This was the first time for the seven alumni based in Gauteng to get together and they invited the current two Gauteng-based WSET Level 4 Award in Wines Diploma students to join in as well.
📅Tuesday 6 May

🍇Western Cape
Thank you to Abri du Preez DipWSET for putting together the Western Cape tasting. The Alumni tasted a selection of aged Sauvignon Blanc tutored by Bartho Eksteen.
Andrew Mellish of Mellish Family Vineyards summarised that
“On Wednesday night I had the privilege of taking part in a blind tasting of 10 wines presented by the legendary winemaker Bartho Eksteen. The theme was the ageability of Sauvignon Blanc.
The vintages of the wines spanned from 2013 to 2021 with wines from France, South Africa and Chile.
It was wonderful to listen to the vast knowledge, personal stories and experience of Bartho whilst tasting through the wines. Bartho had four of his wines in the line up and they showed particularly well with my personal top two wines all coming from his stable. They were the Vloekskoot 2013 and Houtskool 2017. These wines were ethereal, complex wines that showed that great Sauvignon Blanc can indeed benefit from aging in the bottle.”

🍇Gauteng
An enormous thank you to Peter Andrews from Culture Wine Co and Hella Chenin in California for bringing us four Chenin’s from the USA. In Gauteng the Alumni tasted:
🍷Iruai Moonstones from Oregon
🍷Sandlands Amador County
🍷Margins Clarksburg
🍷Fine Disregard Chalone Vineyard, Monterey County
🍷This was long side four Loire examples shared by Ina Smithand four South African benchmarks from Chenin Blanc Association

This was a truly fascinating tasting and so exciting to see the US following in our footsteps with these modern styles of Chenin Blanc!
We look forward to repeating this Chenin tasting in the Western Cape later in the year.

WSET

08/05/2026

📢LIMITED SEATS LEFT for WSET Level 2 Award in Wines coming to Joburg this June📢

The payment deadline to secure your spot on this three-day, internationally-recognised qualification is 20 May - less than two weeks away. Book online to avoid disappointment.

🍷Course date: 4, 5 + 6 June 2026

🍷Venue: Rosebank, Joburg
🍷Book Online: www.winelab.africa

On successful completion you will:
🍇Be a more confident wine taster, able to describe and compare the styles of wines produced from internationally and regionally important grape varieties.
🍇Know how to interpret wine labels from the main wine producing regions of the world
🍇How to store, serve, taste and pair wines to get the best out of every glass.

hello. welcome to winelab.Africa. At winelab.Africa we believe that the world of wine should be inclusive, diverse, and equal. Our mission goes beyond just teaching about wine, we make wine education more accessible, we break down barriers and create equal opportunities for all in the world of wine....

06/05/2026

📢 Two Weeks to Go to Secure Your Seat📢

Don't miss out on our upcoming WSET Level 1 Award in Wines coming to Joburg this June.
The payment deadline to secure your spot on this one day, internationally-recognised qualification is 20 May.

🍷Course date: 3 June
🍷Venue: Rosebank, Joburg
🍷Book Online: www.winelab.africa

Topics you will cover in the Level 1 Wines course:
🍇The main types and styles of wine
🍇The characteristics of the most common wine grapes
🍇The correct way to store and serve wine
🍇Foundations of food and wine pairing
🍇How to taste and describe wine using the WSET Level 1 Systematic Approach to Tasting Wine® (SAT)

29/04/2026

✍️ WSET Level 2 Award in Wines🍷

Book now for winelab.Africa’s in-person WSET course in Joburg, in June!

Take your wine knowledge up a notch with the WSET Level 2 Award in Wines, our most popular course. You will explore key grape varieties and wine styles from around the globe to expand your international wine knowledge.

4, 5 + 6 June 2026
Rosebank, Johannesburg

Book your seat now!
www.winelab.africa

WSET

27/04/2026

✍️ WSET Level 1 Award in Wines🍷

Book now for winelab.Africa’s in-person WSET course in Joburg, in June!

Are you looking to take the first steps into the wine or hospitality world, or are you a enthusiast who wants to get to grips with the basics? The WSET Level 1 Award in Wines provides a solid foundation teaching you to taste wine using a globally recognised approach, identify key styles of wine and characteristics of important grape varieties, and learn the key principles of food and wine pairing.

No prior wine knowledge is required, just enthusiasm!

Book your seat now!
www.winelab.africa

WSET

20/04/2026

🍷🇳🇬winelab.Africa is heading back to Lagos, and to EbonyLife Place in Nigeria this July🇳🇬🍷

We will be running in-person WSET Level 1 and WSET Level 2 Awards in Wines led by Andrew Shelly DipWSET.

It was an amazing first trip to Nigeria last year, we are excited to be back in the classroom.

Full course details on our website www.winelab.africa
Enrol before 19 June 2026 to secure your place.

17/04/2026

🍷WSET Diploma Alumni Africa Chapter
📌Hartenberg Wine Estate
🗓️18 March 2026

Last month Hartenberg Wine Estate hosted the Africa Chapter of the WSET Diploma Alumni. Hartenberg is the first estate in South Africa to be scientifically verified for regenerative viticulture, and only the third in the world to achieve this distinction - which made the presentation by Reynie Oosthuizen, Head Winemaker, all the more exciting, but also globally significant. 🐄🍇👏

Reynie unpacked:
- how regenerative viticulture, from soil biology and grazing systems to biodiversity and ecological outcomes, is implemented in practice
- how that feeds through into structure, balance and expression in the glass.

A highlight of the experience was tasting trial wines that demonstrated the impact of animals on the vineyards. This offered a rare opportunity to explore if / how regenerative practice can translate into the glass.

Thank you to Heleen Rabe, Sales & Marketing Director at Hartenberg and fellow DipWSET, for hosting us and for bringing this together, making Reynie’s talk and tasting possible.

Cheers Hartenberg Wine Estate

We look forward to our next Alumni Africa Chapter meet up on October 14th.

WSET (Wine & Spirit Education Trust)

15/04/2026

Looking back on WSET Level 1 Award in Wines and WSET Level 2 Award in Wines, led by Andrew Shelly in Seychelles. Keep your eyes on winelab.Africa for more dates across Africa as we expand on our in-person offering for 2026.