Tourism, Food, and Wine news headlines
* The price of petrol is to increase by 96 cents a liter from Wednesday 4 March. The main price influencers are the increase in the price of crude oil, as well as the depreciation of the Rand against the dollar.
* Mr ‘50 Shades of Grey‘ ‘Christian Grey‘, aka actor Jamie Dornan, is reported by the Weekend Argus to shoot his next film ‘Jadotville‘ in our country and in Ireland from April. The actor has already announced that he will not appear in any ‘50 Shades of Grey‘ movie sequels!
* Cape Town Tourism has launched a walking tour of suburbs of our city, with VoiceMap Walking Route App. Capetonians ‘guide’ visitors to the city through their favourite suburbs. Muizenberg is the first suburb to be featured. Explains Cape Town Tourism Marketing Executive Velma Corcoran: ‘Muizenberg is such a fitting neighborhood to kick-off with: a quirky seaside town with both warring and genteel history that is now a casual mix of laid-back restaurants, affordable rentals, surf culture and crammed curio, craft and design shops’.
* The ‘Infecting the City’ Festival kicks off in the Cape Town city centre on 9 March and runs over five days, a free-entrance Festival that comprises dance, poetry, music, theatre, and visual art. In 2014 the Festival attracted 32000 visitors, with more than 400 artists performing. City of Cape Town Mayoral Committee member for Tourism, Events, and Marketing Garreth Bloor said: ‘Infecting the City shifts artworks out of theatres and reinvents the notion of how we use and interact with our public spaces. The festival brings the stage to the people using some of the city’s most recognisable spaces‘. Audience participation is included in many of the events.
* South African white wines of the 2014 vintage are ready to drink now in the UK, in time for its start of Spring. The wines have had some time to age in the bottle, having reached the UK some time ago due to its direct shipping route, and its early southern hemisphere harvest. Recommended wines are Boschendal Lanoy Sauvignon Blanc 2014, Cederberg Chenin Blanc 2013, Cornelia Swartland White 2014, and Fairtrade Sauvignon Blanc 2014.
Chris von Ulmenstein, Whale Cottage Portfolio: www.whalecottage.com Tel (021) 433-2100, Twitter:@WhaleCottage Facebook: click here
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