National Executive Committee 2010-2011
The Institute of Cape Wine Masters is managed by an five-member elected Executive Committee. The committee comprises the National Chairman, National Vice-Chairman. National Treasurer, National Secretary and Northern Branch Chairman.
Bennie Howard
National Chairman
Bennie Howard has been a member of the Insitute since its inception, as he is one of the first three Cape Wine Masters. His dissertation was titled Vader en seun, wingerd en wyn. He was elected to the postion of National Chairman of the Institute in 2008. National Vice Chairman at the AGM in 2006, replacing Jenny Ratcliffe
After a long career at Stellenbosch Farmers Winery / Distell and convenor of the Nederburg Wine Auction from 1998 to 2005, Benny is now the Marketing Manager of Meerendal wine farm.
Bennie lives in Somerset West.
Andy Roediger
National Vice-Chairman
Dr. Andy Roediger heads an analytical laboratory that tests plastics, rubbers and paints.
Andy started making wine under the Boschheim label in 2003 and today makes 10 000 plus bottles in his garage cellar at Tjuks Roos in Stellenbosch.
His Cape Wine Master (2007) thesis topic "Phenolic ripeness in South Africa", has made him a leading expert in this field.
During the harvest season he carries out phenolic ripeness analyses on a commercial basis in his laboratory for many leading wine producers in the Cape.
Margaret Fry
National Secretary
In 2005, Margaret Fry was elected to the post of National Secretary of the Institute of Cape Wine Masters at the AGM in 2008. She has been a member of the Institute since 1993. The title of her research report was An overview of Sauvignon Blanc wines of Constantia and Stellenbosch.
Margaret is the Business Manager (Barrier Products) for an international packaging company. The title of her MBA thesis for the University of the Witwatersrand Graduate School of Business was Segmentation of the South African wine market.
Margaret lives in Johannesburg.
Tom Blok
National Treasurer
Tom earns his living outside the wine industry: as a qualified chartered accountant, internal auditor and information systems auditor, he is a partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers, in Cape Town where he specialises in IT risk management and computer auditing.
Being based in the Western Cape has afforded him various opportunities to work with a number of South African wine companies and industry organisations. Tom is passionate about wine, wine tasting and the wine industry in general. He has even tried his hand at winemaking.
Tom often lectures for the Cape Wine Academy in wine tasting. He also regularly presents corporate and private tastings. However, Tom’s topic The breakeven Point of Wine belies his financial bent.
Mary-Lyn Foxcroft
Northern Branch Representative
Mary-Lyn Foxcroft is the Northern Branch Representative on the Executive Committee of the Institute since 2009.
Mary-Lyn is a director of a financial services firm called Blue Platinum Consulting in Johannesburg. She is a member of a number of tasting clubs in Johannesburg including Wild Yeasts, Cellar Rats and a girls-only Bubbly Club.
Through the establishment of a business called Cellar Hands, Foxcroft assists clients and friends with the selection of wine for their private or corporate cellars and functions. Her areas of special interest include sparkling wine, Chardonnay and Chateauneuf du Pape.
Dissertation: Growing the consumption of wine amongst the emerging market in South Africa.
Mary-Lyn lives in Gauteng
