Episode 278 - Tinashe Musora
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Who is Tinashe Musora and what is his background?
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This week, Tinashe Mysora. His inspiring story begins as a refugee from Zimbabwe, given a break to develop a career in hospitality in South Africa. He was winner of the IWSC's Emerging Talent in Wine Award. We'll talk about how he plans to give something back to his community. Fleeing the chaos of Robert Mugabe's Zimbabwe almost 20 years ago, destination South Africa, Tinashi Masora's life in hospitality had the sort of start that most of us would struggle to imagine. His mother getting employment as a domestic worker led to an opportunity for him to work as a restaurant runner, a sip of Cap Classique inspiring an epiphany. A thirst to work in wine. He's now a very successful Sommelier. He was the winner of the hotly contested IWSC Emerging Talent in Wine Award last year, recognized not just for his achievements, but for his commitment to give something back to his community.
And he was a wine judge for the IWSC's Global Judging in South Africa, working alongside an experienced team. of international judges, uh including myself. And there wasn't time to record an interview back there, but I was really keen to speak to Tanashe. So I'm delighted to say uh he joins us now uh from uh Hamanas uh in the uh Western Cape. Uh Tanashe, welcome to the drinking hour.
Hello David, how are you? I am so so so so excited being on this amazing, great and very reputable platform. I am excellent.
Say all the right things. Thank you, Tanasha. Uh so um just your story first if you don't mind. So I I touched on it in the introduction there, but you were born in Zimbabwe, but you weren't destined to stay there.
I would I would want to put it that way, but it was actually at first we never imagined how it was going to be. So I was born in Zimbabwe and um during the Robert Mugabe regime, my father uh got killed. And then with that, you know, I was left with a single mother, and um, she gave birth to me and my young brother, who was about That was he was about two years around there. So we my mother at that time didn't have any plan. So the only plan that was there was to come to South Africa. So we came as refugee. That that was around the two thousand and eight financial uh crisis that happened in Africa and around the world. We came to South Africa without any plan and um We experience Very terrible experiences when we first arrived.
But then my mother got a job and the only job she could do that time was just being a domestic worker because she wasn't that illiterate. She wasn't that educated. And um with that We the Lord has been on our side and we have seen some amazing people and I don't want to deep dive. Are you fine with me narrating until Or are you you you have some questions you want to ask? That's why I don't want to rush into giving you my my full story.
No, I mean you've given us um a sense of your start in life and when you got to uh South Africa, you were as a family refugees, as you said. Um just talk about um the kind of environment that you grew up in uh when you got to South Africa, because as refugees, um I'm guessing it was uh pretty tough initially.
Hundred hundred percent. It was uh it I can say I was young but I can say it was it was very terrible. Number one to start. I'm coming from Zimbabwe where we are native Shona speakers. Now we're going to South Africa. I have to learn a new language with people that I don't know. And uh number two. You know, being in those refugee camps, um, it kinda like brought a little bit of uh maturity at my young age. because reality kicked in.
How did Tinashe’s family become refugees and what challenges did they face in South Africa?
You know, when you are used to sleeping in the house and now you are working somewhere else. But trust me, it was actually amazing because it was way better to be in those refugee camps than being back home where we knew that situation was very, very terrible.
You said your mother found employment as a a domestic worker. Um and is that how you ended up in uh Hemilinada?
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
Who is Tinashe Musora and what is his background?
0:00–4:46
2
How did Tinashe’s family become refugees and what challenges did they face in South Africa?
4:46–9:08
3
What sparked Tinashe’s interest in wine during his first job at Creation Wines?
9:08–12:55
4
How did winning the IWSC Emerging Talent award change his career?
12:55–17:24
5
What was Tinashe’s experience serving as a judge at the IWSC Global Judging?
17:24–22:20
6
How does Tinashe give back to his community through education and mentorship?
22:20–27:13
7
What is Tinashe’s current role as a corporate sommelier and how does he train staff?
27:13–32:02
8
Which wines does Tinashe love most and what are his future ambitions?
32:02–36:46