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Tourism, Food, and Wine news headlines

* South Africa has 38 organic and 10 biodynamic wine producers.

* ‘The Beautiful South’ tasting of South African, Chilean, and Argentinian wines was so successful with over 1000 visitors earlier this month, that it will be held in London again on 10 and 11 September 2014. The three countries’ wines will also be featured at Prowein 2014.

* A municipal strike is due to start in Cape Town from tomorrow (Monday 23 September).

* Snow fell on the Helderberg Mountain in Somerset West twice in the past month, the latest snow falling on Thursday evening. The last snowfall was recorded in 1978!

* The world’s first Avozilla has been grown by Westfalia Fruit Estate in Limpopo, a maxi avocado being five times larger than a standard avocado and weighing about 1,3 kg, Continue reading →

Tourism, Food, and Wine news headlines

* The Earth’s magnetic pole is slowly shifting, from North to South, and vice versa, and may mean that the Northern Lights will no loner be seen in the Northern Hemisphere, and that mammals such as whales which navigate via the magnetic poles may change their migration pattern.

* Western Cape Tourism Minister Alan Winde dived with gentle cow-sharks off Simonstown yesterday, to showcase a little known experience, and to create awareness for the province’s ‘Water Connects us’ theme for Tourism Month. The Minister said that the province’s water-themed experiences enhanced its position as one of the country’s most popular destinations, more than 1 million tourists having visited the Western Cape last year. Provincial marketing agency Wesgro will showcase a variety of the province’s unique and family fun water-based experiences, including its 20 (out of a total Continue reading →