After completing her degree in English at Cambridge University, she joined Adnams Wine Merchants as their marketing manager. Believing that you need to know a product in order to sell it, they put her through all the Wine & Spirit Education Trust (WSET) exams, culminating in a Level 4 Diploma.
WSET is the only internationally recognized wine course available in SA, offering qualifications from a very basic introduction to wine Level 1 to the flagship, degree-standard Level 4 course.