The Pinotage Youth Development Academy (PYDA) exists to bring about positive and sustainable change. Founder Nikki Munro and her capable team have successfully created a learning environment which gives a hand-up to those who don't necessarily have the skill sets to find work. Their first 2 courses they offered were focused on just the Wine Sector, and on 22 Sept, the first Wine Tourism students graduated. With tourism offering a relatively easy access to work, it made sense to offer a course with Wine Tourism as the focus and we look forward to seeing many of these eager graduates at our wineries. We, at wine.co.za are delighted to have appointed one of the graduates to our Content Team - as we welcome Yoliswa Masekwana to our team.