Tourism, Food, and Wine news headlines
* The Daily Mail journalist Gary Edwards visited Cape Town just at the beginning of December, to tie in with the launch of the movie ‘Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom‘, his first visit in 10 years. He found that little has changed in Cape Town, although the exchange rate was not as favourable as when he visited in 2003, despite being attractive now. He praises the sunshine, and highlights his experiences of visiting Table Mountain, Cape Point, Bungalow in Clifton, Cellars-Hohenhort, the Twelve Apostles Hotel, the V&A Waterfront, the Coffeebean Route, Robben Island, and other ‘Seven Wonders of Cape Town‘, a name he made up. He gives the beach at Camps Bay a mention too, but uses a photograph of Clifton!
* OR Thambo airport was the largest port of entry into South Africa during December, and the airport, Beitbridge, Lebombo, Maseru Bridge, Ficksburg, and Oshoek had more persons crossing the border than arrived at Cape Town International airport. International arrivals were from the UK, the USA, Germany, Netherlands, Australia, France, India, China, Nigeria, Sweden, and Canada. In total there were 4 million border crossings, roughly half entering and leaving the country.
* Retail outlets selling alcohol will have to offer free condoms and water too, if the new national liquor act is passed.
* Boer & Brit red blend 2011 is recommended by the Calgary Herald as one of four wines, and the only South African one, as “Some affordable wines to help you swallow those January bills’.
* Rijk’s Pinotage Private Cellar 2008 is one of two Prague Post Wines of the Month, and is the only South African wine.
Chris von Ulmenstein, Whale Cottage Portfolio: www.whalecottage.com Twitter: @WhaleCottage
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