Howard, Bennie
Public Relation Manager - Meerendal Estate - Durbanville
Contact: bennie
Website: Meerendal Estate.
Wine Education: CWA - 1980-1983, Cape Wine & Spirit Education Trust 1984
One of the first group to write the exams and qualify as a Cape Wine Master, in 1983.
The title of the research project was The influence of the family business in
the SA Wine Industry - wholesale/cooperative/estate.
Wine Activities: Public Relation, Promotions, Marketing, Judging.
Memberships: Time Wasters / SASEV
Industry activities: SA National Wine Show, Cape Wine Academy, Cape Wine & Sprit Education Trust,
Wine & Spirit
Board, Stellenbosch Wine Route.
Interests: California, Burgundy, Bordeaux, Alsace. Pinotage, Cabernet, Shiraz, Chardonnay, Magnum collection.
Other: Travel, hiking, gardening, food & wine.
Resume: After a career as a broadcaster, I started the SFW Wine Plan in Port Elizabeth with 12 wine advisers in 1979. I then took over at SFW Head Office Public Relations and Group Corporate Affairs in Stellenbosch in 1989, Responsible for the management of the Nederburg Auction from 1989 to 2005. Also organised OIV World Conference in Cape Town 1996.
Have travelled to USA, France, Germany, Austria, Italy, Australia, and New Zealand.
Have contact with Napa & Sonoma Wine Auctions, German Wine Auction and Hospice de Beaune.
