WINE is pleased to announce the appointment of Cathryn Henderson, who joined the team at the beginning of November. She takes on the dual roles of publisher and editor, a portfolio that will benefit from her considerable publishing and business experience, and her knowledge of wine.

Cathryn’s editorial career began while working for the Chartered Insurance Institute in the UK, at which time she also earned an international qualification from the Wine and Spirit Education Trust. Most recently she was editor of a Cape-based business-to-business title.

Cathryn is thrilled to have joined WINE as publishing editor, a position she describes as her perfect job, merging her two great interests of publishing, and of course, wine. Her enthusiasm saw her choose the wine-producing regions of Europe as travel destinations while overseas, a knowledge she is refining since her return to the Cape, exploring the less publicised wine regions whenever she can.

The combined role of publisher/editor was created to give both strategic and hands-on direction to the WINE brand, while allowing the WINE team to maximise their specialist skills. “This will enable us to continue our initiatives of developing a full 360-degree product offering – encompassing print, digital, mobile, events and more – in line with RamsayMedia’s strategy to grow the media platforms in the stable,” Cathryn commented.

The new appointment has freed former editor Christian Eedes to focus on writing wine-specific content for the magazine and its other media platforms. Now, as the tasting and wine content editor, a key role is that of managing the wine judging panels , thereby allowing him to fully utilise his expert knowledge of the subject to full advantage.