{"id":45160,"date":"2013-07-05T19:49:06","date_gmt":"2013-07-05T17:49:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whalecottage.com\/blog\/?p=45160"},"modified":"2013-07-05T19:49:06","modified_gmt":"2013-07-05T17:49:06","slug":"whaletales-tourism-food-and-wine-headline-news-5-july","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chrisvonulmenstein.com\/blog\/cape-town\/whaletales-tourism-food-and-wine-headline-news-5-july\/","title":{"rendered":"WhaleTales Tourism, Food, and Wine headline news: 5 July"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"WhaleTales\"<\/a>Tourism, Food, and Wine headline news<\/span><\/p>\n

* \u00a0 A World Cup of Wines has been suggested, tongue in cheek, on Tim Atkin’s blog<\/span><\/span><\/a>!<\/p>\n

* \u00a0 Elliott, the red Coca-Cola Crate Fan in the V&A Waterfront, erected for the 2010 World Cup, is being dismantled, the V&A has announced.<\/p>\n

* \u00a0 Famous Brands has just opened Steers in the UK, already having opened a number of Wimpy restaurants in that country, reports Business Day<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

* \u00a0 The ‘Kate Effect<\/strong><\/span><\/a>‘ has ensured that London has not suffered the post-Olympic tourism dip which most host cities, including those in South Africa, go through after a world event.<\/p>\n

* \u00a0 Mainland China and Hong Kong are the target of a Wines of South Africa (WOSA) \u00a0marketing campaign, writes HKTDC Research.<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

* \u00a0 SA Tourism had a stand at Taste of London, which allowed tastings of South African wines as well as of South African food, including boerewors, biltong, and dro\u00eb wors, reports The South African.<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

* \u00a0 Boasting is the most common reason why Facebook friends are unfriended (68%), followed by too much personal detail about friends’ romances (61%), according to a UK survey of Facebook users, reported in The Times<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

* \u00a0 Hidden Valley Wines, with Chef Bertus Basson at Overture restaurant on the estate, is hosting three Hidden Valley Gourmet Braai & Wine Festival events, on 31 August, 14 September and 24 September, at R350 per person (via Manley Communications media release).<\/p>\n

* \u00a0 The cycle lanes in the centre of Cape Town will be painted green, to make them visible to motorists and pedestrians, according to the City of Cape Town<\/strong><\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n

* \u00a0 Canada has been rated as the most reputable country in the world, of 50 countries evaluated by 27000 G8 citizens, reports The Huffington Post<\/span><\/strong><\/a>. \u00a0Seven of the top 10 most reputable countries are in Europe.<\/p>\n

* \u00a0 Interesting is the news that Du Toitskloof Wines will be sponsoring a new\u00a0Wine Writers Award<\/strong><\/span><\/a>, with a credible panel of judges, and with a theme ‘The consequences of climate change on the South African Wine Industry’\u00a0<\/i>specified! \u00a0Closing date for entries is 27 September and a prize of R30000 is at stake. \u00a0This follows the disaster of the Wine Writers’ Award, which was not awarded by the Franschhoek Literary Festival in May this year! (with added information from De Kock Communications)<\/p>\n

* \u00a0Michael Fridjhon writes in Moneyweb (via Winetimes)<\/strong><\/span><\/a> that the in-depth focus on the South African wine industry in this month’s edition of \u00a0(the USA) Wine Spectator<\/strong> is excellent news for our wine industry and could lead to an export boom, coupled with the weak Rand.<\/p>\n

Chris von Ulmenstein, Whale Cottage Portfolio: www.whalecottage.com<\/a> \u00a0Twitter: @WhaleCottage<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Tourism, Food, and Wine headline news * \u00a0 A World Cup of Wines has been suggested, tongue in cheek, on Tim Atkin’s blog! * \u00a0 Elliott, the red Coca-Cola Crate Fan in the V&A Waterfront, erected for the 2010 World Cup, is being dismantled, the V&A has announced. * \u00a0 Famous Brands has just opened […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false},"categories":[3,124,20,1590,22,21,19],"tags":[64,32366,2152,32378,2455,3177,19280,19662,19656,2381,11622,30,927,19660,19659,7684,19657,8154,11645,353,19661,910,11623,19658,19655,5,32393,32373,10,11460,365,6263,19663,156,19654,155],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t