Tourism, Food, and Wine news headlines
* Joan Armatrading will be hosting a concert at the Cape Town International Convention Centre on 3 July.
* Backsberg has won The Drinks Business Amorim Sustainability Award for Wine, being recognised for being an environmentally sensitive and ethical bio-dynamic winery, which is carbon neutral. It was also praised for its innovative energy use. Owner Michael Back received the Lifetime Achievement Award, for creating the first carbon-neutral winery in our country, and for championing green initiatives. La Motte, Anthonij Rupert Wyne, and Bosman Family Vineyards were finalists in some of the Green Awards categories.
* Google has collaborated with the Robben Island Museum to create an online tour of the island, with an audio-visual tour, of the late Nelson Mandela’s cell, and Robert Sobukwe’s house, using Google Street View. An educators’ manual about the island has also been created for schools.
* The Oranjezicht City Farm has commissioned the publishing of the book ‘Oranjezicht: recalling the past; cultivating the future’, about the history of Oranjezicht, and the establishment of the City Farm. Cost R250.
* Waterkloof’s Healey’s hand-made Slow Matured Cheddar won Champion status at the South African Dairy Championships 2015, winning the 10 – 18 months Cheddar category. Healey’s makes its artisanal cheeses by hand. The cheesery uses milk from Friesian cows grazing naturally, and no colourants nor preservatives are added. The cheese can be tasted at Waterkloof’s tasting lounge. (received via media release from Random Hat Communications)
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