Tourism, Food, and Wine news headlines

*   The economy contracted in the first quarter of this year, and a further contraction is expected in the second quarter, putting the economy into recession, speculates The New Age.   The mining sector is the biggest culprit, with a 25% decline in the first quarter of 2014.

*   The Nederburg Auction will be held on 12 and 13 September, and will be celebrating its 40th anniversary this year.   Three Nederburg Edelkeur dessert wines (1979, 1993, and 2006 vintages) will be on offer, as will be Nederburg’s 12-year-old partially wood-fermented Chenin Blanc Reserve, a ten-year-old Riesling Private Bin S316, a five-year-old II Centuries Sauvignon Blanc, a Private Bin Semillon Noble Late Harvest 2000, Private Bin Gewűrztraminer Special Late Harvest 2000, and the 1989 and 1990 Eminence.  A number of other Nederburg wines will go under the hammer. (received via De Kock Communications)

*   The ANC has served papers on the City of Cape Town, requesting ‘a review of the decision of the council‘ about its new logo, in not having followed a process of public participation and its estimated cost of R8 million, reports The New Age. Continue reading →