{"id":47619,"date":"2013-08-28T16:25:29","date_gmt":"2013-08-28T14:25:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whalecottage.com\/blog\/?p=47619"},"modified":"2013-08-29T16:38:08","modified_gmt":"2013-08-29T14:38:08","slug":"whaletales-tourism-food-and-wine-news-headlines-28-august","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chrisvonulmenstein.com\/blog\/cape-town\/whaletales-tourism-food-and-wine-news-headlines-28-august\/","title":{"rendered":"WhaleTales Tourism, Food, and Wine news headlines: 28 August"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

* \u00a0 The City of Cape Town is considering paving a part of Long Street<\/strong><\/span><\/a>, making it a partial or permanent pedestrian zone for tourists and Capetonians to enjoy.<\/p>\n

* \u00a0The Bot River Spring Festi<\/strong><\/span>v<\/strong>a<\/strong><\/a>l<\/strong><\/span> takes place on Saturday and Sunday this weekend, offering family fun and food pairing with beer as well as wine.<\/p>\n

* \u00a0 Woolworths’ sales grew<\/strong><\/span><\/a> by 23% in the year ended June 2013, compared to 12% growth in the twelve month period prior.<\/p>\n

* \u00a0\u00a0De Krans Wine Cellar has won the title of Champion Red Wine at the 2013 Klein Karoo Young Wine Show for its Touriga Nacional dry red wine. \u00a0 It was also awarded Champion Chardonnay, Champion Shiraz, Champion Ruby Cabernet and Reserve, Champion Sauvignon Blanc and Chenin Blanc and was named the Reserve Champion Private Cellar. (via media release from Smart Communications and Events)<\/p>\n

* \u00a0 UK holidaymakers have been warned by their Foreign Office about the potential threat of arrest in other countries,<\/strong> <\/span><\/a>for seemingly harmless activities such as feeding pigeons, wearing camouflage clothing, leaving the beach in bathing wear, using nasal spray, bringing mineral water into the country, and more. \u00a0Most tourist arrests are in the Netherlands, Italy, and the United Arab Emirates.<\/p>\n

* \u00a0 One of Thailand’s top chefs, Chef Nooror Somany Steppe and her daughter Sandra from the Blue Elephant Restaurant, will be joining Chef Reuben Riffel in the Reuben’s kitchen at the One&Only Cape Town on 6 September, to prepare a 3 course traditional Thai meal. (via newsletter from the One&Only Cape Town)<\/p>\n

* \u00a0 Villiersdorp is also celebrating Spring with its Spring Arts Festival from 13 – 15 September, celebrating the artistic community, its wines, and farm produce. \u00a0The Festival includes\u00a0visits to the Helderstroom Alpacas, water adventure activity on the Theewaterskloof Dam, and antique tractors and the steam tug Alwyn Vintcent at the Tractor Museum. (via media release from Rabbit in a Hat Communications)<\/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 The City of Cape Town is considering paving a part of Long Street, making it a partial or permanent pedestrian zone for tourists and Capetonians to enjoy. * \u00a0The Bot River Spring Festival takes place on Saturday and Sunday this weekend, offering family fun and food pairing […]<\/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":[3,124,1918,266,20,22,21,19],"tags":[20581,20578,20574,20577,32378,257,20575,30,20580,1482,1094,20573,5352,1347,41,20576,10136,5,1721,20579,32373,10,365,171],"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