Pairing isn’t about rules carved in stone. It’s about balance: making the food and wine taste better together. Six lessons give you the principles and a fridge-door cheat sheet.
🔓 How to unlock this level
Level 2 opens once you reach the Fruit Set rank and hold all three Level 1 certificates.
What you’ll learn
Weight and intensity
Match light with light, rich with rich.
Acid, salt and fat
The flavour forces that make wine sing.
Braai and red meat
Taming tannin with protein.
Spice and curry
What works with heat, from bobotie to butter chicken.
Dessert and cheese
Sweet wine rules and cheese board magic.
Who it’s for
Anyone who cooks, hosts or simply wants to choose the right bottle for dinner.
🚗 Responsible enjoyment
This course is for adults of legal drinking age (18+ in South Africa). Please enjoy wine responsibly.
Curriculum
- 3 Sections
- 7 Lessons
- 1 Week
- Food & Wine Pairing: LessonsSimple, practical rules for matching wine with food, from a Sunday braai to Cape Malay curry.6
- Test Your KnowledgeFinish the course by passing the quiz.1
- Your Certificate1
Instructor
Marthunis J Barnard is the founder of Cape Vine Master, a learning platform built to make Cape wine approachable for everyone. A self-confessed wine amateur rather than a trained sommelier, Marthunis started the project out of a simple belief: South African wine deserves to be back on the map, and you shouldn’t need a fancy vocabulary or a cellar full of bottles to enjoy it.
As a content creator and wine course designer, he turns what he learns on the wine routes of the Western Cape into clear, friendly courses, from how to taste a glass of wine to exploring Stellenbosch, Franschhoek and beyond. Through Cape Vine Master’s courses and its Wine Passport, he invites learners to taste, explore and visit the farms themselves, growing from curious beginner to Vine Master one step at a time.
