Tourism, Food, and Wine news headlines

*   The 5th annual Haskell Vineyards Open Day will be held on Saturday 9 November, from 10h00 – 15h00, at no charge.  Cellar Master Rianie Strydom will present a Master Class on ‘A Grape’s Dilemma- is marriage better than singledom? and will present new releases.  Booking is required at Tel (021) 881-3895 (via media release from Waterford Communications)

*  Tourism growth from advanced economies has retracted, while growth is focused on developing economies as source markets.  The year 2009 was the worst for world tourism, with a 11% global decline, but a slow recovery is being seen.

*   The mountains in Cape Town (even on Table Mountain) and the Winelands are covered in blankets of snow, the talking point on Social Media today!

*   American Whole Foods Market is running a promotion in its stores in October to celebrate the quality good value South African wines  its stores stock.

*   Workers in the motor industry and petrol pump attendants may go on strike from Monday!

*   FlySafair is our newest airline, and will begin operating from the last quarterof this year.

*   Traveling internationally?  Here is the list of 10 best (topped by Zürich) and 10 worst airports in terms of connection time needed to get from security/passport control to the airline gates.

*   Reuben Riffel’s latest cookbook has been launched, entitled ‘Braai: Reuben on Fire’!

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