Tourism, Food, and Wine Headlines

*   Tsogo Sun has announced that it is introducing free Wifi with a limit of 250 – 750 MB per day, depending on the room type.

*   Mr Delivery, now named Mr D, will be delivering Pick ‘n Pay’s online shopping to customers via its 48 franchises countrywide. It currently does in excess of 85000 deliveries a month, reports Cape Business News.

*   ‘The Beautiful South’ wine show for South African, Chilean, and Argentinian wines, to be held in London on 11 and 12 September, has already signed up 280 exhibitors.

*   President Obama’s visit to Senegal, South Africa, and Tanzania last week may stimulate tourism by Americans to Africa, speculates Travel Daily News.

*   The Sports and Events Tourism Exchange has been postponed to 22 – 24 October, and will be held in Durban, shares Travel Press Release.

*   The government regulations regarding the reduced usage of salt in bread, butter, snacks, biscuits, and in processed meats, are to come into effect shortly, writes Neil Kirby in BizCommunity.

*   The first vintage Garden Route Shiraz (2011), produced from grapes grown on the Waboomskraal Valley near George, was recently named one of the Top 20 Shiraz wines in Shiraz SA 2013 Wine Challenge, from the media release received from Smart Communications and Events.  It is one of the coolest climate  wine growing areas in the country.

*   If glassware can make wine taste differently, then so can cutlery, reports the BBC.  The colour, shape, and weight of cutlery can make food seem sweeter, saltier, or denser.

*   Does the UK have a cooking culture?  The young chefs are bringing it back, reports Fine Dining Lover.

Chris von Ulmenstein, Whale Cottage Portfolio: www.whalecottage.com  Twitter: @WhaleCottage