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WhaleTales Tourism, Food, and Wine news headlines: 10 February

WhaleTalesTourism, Food, and Wine news headlines

*   Decanter included three South African wines in its 2013 top 50 wines, out of a total of 3200 wines evaluated. Alheit Vineyards’ Cartology 2011 was ranked 4th; Vuurberg White 2011 was ranked 36th; and Adoro Red 2006 was ranked 37th.

*   Given that the week of romance is upon us, the top five most romantic beaches of South Africa have been named, Clifton making first place, followed by Umhlanga Rocks, Noetzie in Knysna, Margate, and Noup in the Northern Cape.

*   About 10% of tourists arriving in South Africa come to participate or watch a sports event.  Now a new sport called Bossaball, a combination of soccer, volleyball, gymnastics, and an Afro-Brazilian martial arts form capoeira, is to be introduced to our country by Zinto Sports.

*   The Cape Town Art Fair 2014 will be held at The Pavilion in the V&A Waterfront from 28 February – 2 March.  The entrance fee of R120 also entitles entrance to ‘GUILD’, an exhibition of Design, held at The Lookout, also in the V&A. Both exhibitions form part of Cape Town hosting World Design Capital 2014.

*   Allan Mullins has been appointed as ‘chief wine selector’ by Africa Wine Merchants, Continue reading →

Celebs spotted in Camps Bay

Two celebrities, David Hasselhoff and Orlando Bloom, have been spotted in Camps Bay in the past two days, reports the Life is Savage blogsite.

Orlando Bloom was spotted at Cafe Caprice, one of Camps Bay’s hottest spots, on Sunday, while David Hasselhoff was spotted joining a game of volleyball in a red swimsuit on Camps Bay beach yesterday.   The weekend winter weather has been summer-like at about 26 C.

Camps Bay is one of the most desirable locations for tourists to stay in Cape Town – it has beautiful views, a selection of 25 restaurants, two hotels and a collection of top guest houses and B & B’s, and is 10 minutes to town and 15 minutes to the V & A Waterfront.

Photographs of both stars can be seen at http://mcsavage.wordpress.com/2009/07/20/orlandos-bloom-seen-caprice/

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