Alpha Female Fridays - Siwela Sweetness Masoga

Today we celebrate Siwela Sweetness Masoga a remarkable entrepreneur… Siwela is remarkable trailblazer; the brains and driving force behind the incredible and successful Siwela Wines Pty Ltd.

Siwela Wines is a black female owned wine company that is passionate about producing unique, easily accessible and quality wine. Her passion for wine making was birthed from her Biotechnology studies from Cape Peninsula University of Technology where she majored in microbiology and fermentation of wine. Despite her lack of knowledge of the wine making industry, she used her love, curiosity and passion to carve a way to make it in the industry through several internships within the wine industry in the heart of Stellenbosch.

She made her way through the different departments of the wine industry such as production, sales and quality to gain more knowledge while simultaneously embarking on some formal education on wine to obtain certifications. This experience and her passion for winemaking then birthed Siwela Wines Pty Ltd out of the desire for transformation and the need to break barriers in the industry.

Siwela is now a force to be reconned with in the wine industry, with her being invited to speak on numerous platforms on the wine business and other related topics.If anything she shows us it’s more than possible to occupy spaces where we normally don’t see women of colour, to be pioneers and follow our passions.#Trailblazer#Pioneer#Entrepreneurship#BlackGirlMagic#BlackExcellence