Biography

Wendy Toerien has been writing about wine since 1989. She was a founder editorial staff member of Wine magazine in 1993 and became closely familiar with the wine industry, its winemakers and the CWG during her tenure there until 1998 when she started her freelance career. She has written several coffee table books on wine and related subjects, including South African Wine – A Celebration and South African Wines and Vineyards, published by Struik in 1999 and 2000 (reprinted 2003) respectively. She has also been a contributing writer on Platter’s South African Wine Guide for more than a decade and writes articles on wine people, wine tourism and winelands lifestyle for local and overseas publications.