Tourism, Food, and Wine news headlines
* SA Tourism has launched a new ‘Bucket List’ TV commercial for the Australian market, which includes Cape Town, the Winelands, and shark cage diving. Unfortunately no city/town names are mentioned at all, and whales don’t feature.
* The Peninsula All Suite Hotel is hosting a Wine&Dine dinner on Thursday 25 July, pairing with Graham Beck Wines (via CSA media release)
* Six semi-finalists for the Bollinger Exceptional Wine Service Award 2013 have been announced, two being from the Western Cape, according to Hazell PR & Wine Consultants:
| Gauteng | Current employment | Previous success in this competition |
| Germain Lehodey | Restaurant Mosaic, Pretoria | |
| Sean Trollip | Kream Restaurant, Pretoria | 2011 Semi-Finalist |
| Xolani Manconywa | Saxon Boutique Hotel, Johannesburg |