123 WINE MARKETING

My Name is Mark Rader. At the age of 6 I took great interest assisting in my God-Mothers restaurant & Stomping grapes with my Grandfather 'Italo' which got me interested in wine. Formally my career started training as a restaurant manager in 1992 with the Linger Longer Group of Restaurants. After 2 years of Restaurant management training a changed in career path and began working for a large wine & liquor distributor as a rep. Later as a contract marketer for 3 South African wineries. Today I still contract for 3 wineries, Saxenburg, laibach & Ataraxia wineries.