For Moyahabo Seemola, wine used to be just a drink, until she visited Nigeria in 2010. She was surprised by the number of foreign wines consumed in the country, but disappointed that most of them were not made in South Africa. Realising the market gap, Seemalo, who has experience in the hospitality industry, came back home and enrolled at the Cape Wine Academy to learn more about wine. That’s how her dream of producing her own range came about. “At the time, I was not as clued up about the industry as I am now. I love wine that’s of the greatest quality,” she says. Seemola’s biggest dream now is to grow her registered wine range, Pheli Wines, especially in different townships, where she says there’s a growing demand for…
