Tourism, Food, and Wine news headlines
* Knysna Fine Arts will be curating art exhibitions at Grande Provence as of 1 September. (via e-mail from Grande Provence)
* The Südafrika Weinshow will be held at the SA Embassy in Berlin on 7 and 8 September, with 40 wine estates and 10 wine importers offering 500 wines to taste.
* Tourists from the USA, UK, and Russia take the cake in being the most undesirable tourism source countries, an international survey has found.
* Bouchard Finlayson Galpin Peak Pinot Noir 2011 will be served in Lufthansa’s First Class on intercontinental long haul flights in November, as part of its ‘Vinothek Discoveries’ wine programme. Lufthansa’s wine selection is presented in a beautifully designed wine brochure, offering information about the wines, including the Hemel en Aarde Valley and winemaker Peter Finlayson.
* Tim Atkin has written a comparative tribute to the late Peter Lehmann and Tim Hamilton Russell, respectively wine pioneers in Australia and South Africa, who died less than a month apart.
Chris von Ulmenstein, Whale Cottage Portfolio: www.whalecottage.com Twitter: @WhaleCottage
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