South Africa's first and biggest township-based wine festival, the successful 2011 Soweto Wine Festival, has signed up a 3-year headline sponsorship with South Africa's largest liquor retail outlet, Tops at SPAR.

Wine Sense TV enters iTunes, scaling the long list of podcasts to the "New and Noteworthy" page.

Erick Sikhosana, who is employed by the Hyatt Hotel in Rosebank, has become the latest person in South Africa to achieve the prestigious Cape Sommelier™ badge.