Tourism, Food, and Wine news headlines
* Mrs Liz McGrath, owner of The Collection by Liz McGrath, which includes The Cellars-Hohenhort, The Marine, and The Plettenberg, with The Lord Milner in Matjiesfontein recently taken over by her too, passed away this weekend.
* James Laube, writing for Wine Spectator, generically describes South African wines as aiming for longevity, of up to 40 years. Cape Point Vineyards winemaker Duncan Savage told him: ‘South African winemakers say they feel as if they’re in a state of limbo. “It’s as if we’re in the New World of the Old World, or part of the Old World in the New World’. He expressed his personal dislike of our country’s ‘low pH, high-acidity wines’.
* Cape Town already has a street named after former President FW de Klerk, in Wesbank it has been discovered,
unknown even to the City of Cape Town. Tony Ehrenreich, COSATU Secretary-General for the Western Cape, is outraged about the street name in Wesbank, and will fight for it to be removed, in addition to attempt to prevent the renaming of Table Bay Boulevard to FW de Klerk Boulevard!
* STYLE.COM has recommended ‘Four Must-Visit Cape Town Spots‘: Muizenberg Beach, Bo-Kaap, the Old Biscuit Mill, and Kalk Bay.
* Franschhoek will be represented at The South African Antiques, Art, and Design Association Expo in Cape Town by Holden Manz, Ebony, and The Old Corkscrew, from 13 – 15 February at The Lookout in the V & A Waterfront. Franschhoek wines will be available for taste too. Entrance R60.
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