{"id":47389,"date":"2013-08-23T18:16:15","date_gmt":"2013-08-23T16:16:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whalecottage.com\/blog\/?p=47389"},"modified":"2013-08-23T18:16:15","modified_gmt":"2013-08-23T16:16:15","slug":"whaletales-tourism-food-and-wine-news-headlines-23-august","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chrisvonulmenstein.com\/blog\/cape-town\/whaletales-tourism-food-and-wine-news-headlines-23-august\/","title":{"rendered":"WhaleTales Tourism, Food, and Wine news headlines: 23 August"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

* \u00a0 There are only 6 episodes of Season 2 of MasterChef SA left. \u00a0Chef Pete Goffe-Wood has confirmed that Season 3 will be filmed, and may be screened three times a week!<\/p>\n

* \u00a0 London’s largest living wall<\/strong><\/span><\/a> has been erected at the South African owned Red Carnation Hotels’ \u00a0The Rubens at the Palace Hotel.<\/p>\n

* \u00a0 Mauritius<\/strong><\/span><\/a> is feeling the European economic downturn, and is forecasting a minimal tourism growth. \u00a0It has also had to lower its expectation of tourism numbers, having hoped for 1 million tourists this year.<\/p>\n

* \u00a0 Creation has added Ros\u00e9 to its Whale Pod range,\u00a0a blend of Pinot Noir, Grenache, and Syrah. (via e-mail from Creation)<\/p>\n

* \u00a0\u00a0Kayetan Meissner (Sommelier at Bosman\u2019s Restaurant at the Grande Roche Hotel in Paarl) is through to the Bollinger Exceptional Wine Service Award 2013, with Barry Scholfield, Assistant Sommelier at Rust en Vrede Restaurant in Stellenbosch, and Xolani Mancotywa, Sommelier at the Saxon Boutique Hotel in Johannesburg. \u00a0The winner will be announced on 9 October. (via media release from Hazell PR and Wine Consultants)<\/p>\n

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

Tourism, Food, and Wine news headlines * \u00a0 There are only 6 episodes of Season 2 of MasterChef SA left. \u00a0Chef Pete Goffe-Wood has confirmed that Season 3 will be filmed, and may be screened three times a week! * \u00a0 London’s largest living wall has been erected at the South African owned Red Carnation […]<\/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":[3,124,1918,75,362,20,248,31,22,21,19],"tags":[19915,20481,143,32378,2521,30,144,4202,19916,20480,32404,504,1458,13221,34,12438,20478,20479,32373,13245,20477,365,20482],"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