The UCT student’s passion for data and drink has led him to develop an app to spread the vintage knowledge
Shopping for wine before the weekend? You’ll need good luck if you plan to rely on a retailer’s recommendations about what you might enjoy.
When it came to deciding on a topic for his master’s thesis in data science, Redelinghuys knew he could do better. The product of his 18-month “passion project” at the University of Cape Town is, and without the resources to develop it into a mobile app, Redelinghuys has taken a job as a data scientist with consulting company Accenture.
It’s a habit he still exercises most weekends, and he values the chance to taste wines before buying them. Buying without tasting “forces novice consumers to purchase the wine based on other factors such as the design of the bottle, its price, awards it may have won and descriptions on the back label,” he says in his paper, supervised by senior lecturer Şebnem Er.