
South Africa’s first black female winemaker is ready to go it alone
“What’s wine? Is it cider or something else? I didn’t like the first sip.” This was Ntsiki Bayela’s first reaction after winning a scholarship to study winemaking in 1998. He is now an international award-winning vintner and local winemaker at Stellekaya Winery in Stellenbosch, east of Cape Town, South Africa. She is also the country’s…