The Gugulethu Square Mall rooftop was the venue for this uber successful wine fest. This mall is the newest development in the township which is situated 15km outside of Cape Town, Western Cape. Successful local entrepreneur, Mzoli Ngcawuzel was part of the driving force to establish Gugulethu Square Mall as well as being the co-founder, with Lungile Mbalo, of the Tops Gugulethu Wine Festival.
It has been said that if the majority of South Africans took to drinking wine as their preferred drink, there would almost be no need to export our wines. Marilyn Cooper, Managing Director of the Cape Wine Academy, underscores this:
This is the start of a new dawn for wineries and Cape Town’s new consumers. The 2050 visitors to the festival are our future wine consumers and this event, together with the Soweto Wine Festival, is the Cape Wine Academy’s vision of wine education coming to life. We applaud the wineries that support the debut festival. We look forward to many more wineries attending next year.
Popular Cape Town Premier Helen Zille opened the event and spent an hour talking and taking questions.
