Ligia DeCoito is a local tour guide in Cape Town, South Africa offering private tours and excursions

I landed in the wine industry fresh out of university where I had studied Industrial Psychology at the University of Stellenbosch. Winemakers and wine lovers in the Cape came to know me during the 9 years I worked (and studied) at the Cape Wine Academy in Stellenbosch, kick-starting my journey into wine. Since then my focus turned to wine tourism. I have organised and led wine and food gourmet tours to France and Italy. A born and bred Capetonian with Mediterranean roots, sharing in my hotelier-parents\' passion for food and wine, I owned my own restaurant in Stellenbosch, am an intrepid cook and love experimenting and cooking with friends and family.

OTHER LANGUAGES: Afrikaans