Sevgi, who is an Oenologist & Viticulturist, has dedicated her life to wine and has spent time as a winemaker, wine scholar, wine educator and wine consultant. Sevgi is the founder of A WINE IDEA which is a Dublin based wine-centric business that specialises in wine tasting events and wine education. Sevgi is a certified Sherry Educator, Cava Educator, certified Spanish Wine Educator and also has qualifications in Champagne, Port, Sherry, Rioja and California. Sevgi’s passion for wine began while she was studying Food Engineering in one of the wineproducing regions of her native Turkey. Following her graduation, she chased her dreams and started to work as a winemaker in her home country. Sevgi obtained her MSc in Oenology & Viticulture from the most prestigious universities in the world in the field of wine, Montpellier SupAgro and Bordeaux Sciences Agro in France and Hochschule Geisenheim University in Germany. This also gave her a great opportunity to visit many vineyards and a chance to discover especially the French and German wine regions. She later joined in a research project in Château Couhins in Pessac-Léognan in Bordeaux. Following this she joined the team in Heymann-Löwenstein in Mosel in Germany. Sevgi contributed to TheTaste.ie as a freelance wine writer. She also run an 4-week wine appreciation course as part of Griffith College. Sevgi is the vice-chair of Wine Spirit Women, a non-profit organisation that aims to empower and educate women in the drinks industry in Ireland. Recently she was included on the 50 People to Watch in 2023 by The Irish Times.
