Tourism, Food, and Wine news headlines
* WOSA (Wines of South Africa) CEO Siobhan Thompson has described the wines of our country as using ‘fusion wine-making’, the ‘newest generation of wines‘ being made with confidence in theown style of the winemaker, creating a blend of Old and New World wines, which are ‘uniquely South African‘.
* Tourist numbers declined by 7% between February 2014 and 2015, reports Business Day. In the same period the number of tourists from China, a market that is still small but has been seen to have huge potential, has declined by 32%!
* Reformulated Scottish Leader Original, sold in 60 countries, has been named a Master in the Blended: Standard Category at the Global Scotch Whisky Masters competition in the UK. (Received via media release from De Kock Communications)
* Morrison’s M Signature Pinotage is the only Pinotage to have won Gold at the Decanter World Wine Awards 2015. Morrison’s is a retailer in the UK, but the producer of the wine is not known. Its origin is Stellenbosch.
* The UK government and tour operators are preparing plans for the ‘largest peacetime evacuation’ of 110000 Britons from Greece, should the country be forced to leave the Eurozone, reports eTN News.
Chris von Ulmenstein, Whale Cottage Portfolio: www.whalecottage.com Tel (021) 433-2100, Twitter:@WhaleCottage Facebook: click here
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