{"id":49358,"date":"2013-10-06T14:38:27","date_gmt":"2013-10-06T12:38:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whalecottage.com\/blog\/?p=49358"},"modified":"2013-10-06T14:38:27","modified_gmt":"2013-10-06T12:38:27","slug":"whaletales-tourism-food-and-wine-news-headlines56-october","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chrisvonulmenstein.com\/blog\/cape-town\/whaletales-tourism-food-and-wine-news-headlines56-october\/","title":{"rendered":"WhaleTales Tourism, Food, and Wine news headlines:5\/6 October"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

* \u00a0A production first for New Media Publishing<\/strong><\/span><\/a>, synonymous with contract publishing, is an amazing video shot on the Franschhoek Pass<\/strong><\/span><\/a> for its client Mercedes Benz, called Silver Slipstream, in which Man (notorious skateboarder Decio Lourenco, who made headlines when he skated down Kloofnek Road) challenges Machine (Mercedes A 45 AMG) down the Pass, Man winning!<\/p>\n

* \u00a0 It was a wine weekend of note, with the fantastic 47% increase in sales income at R8,4 million at the\u00a0Cape Winemakers Guild Auction<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0at\u00a0Spier, and the\u00a0Veritas\u00a0Awards ceremony<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0held at the Cape Town International Convention Centre. \u00a0The top\u00a0Veritas\u00a0performers, out of 1792 wines and brandies entered, are:<\/p>\n

+ \u00a0KWV, with 4 double gold and 13 gold medals, and named Best Producer the third year in a row.<\/p>\n

+ \u00a0Nederburg, \u00a0with 4 double golds and 9 gold medals<\/p>\n

+ \u00a0Boplaas\u00a0Family Vineyards, with 4 double gold and 6 gold medals<\/p>\n

+ \u00a0De Grendel and Van Ryn’s, with 3 double gold medals each<\/p>\n

+ \u00a0Flagstone, Best Performer in less than 10 wines entered category<\/p>\n

+ \u00a0Nederburg,\u00a0\u00a0Best Performer in more than 10 wines entered category.<\/p>\n

+ \u00a0 Delaire\u00a0Graff, Eagles\u2019 Nest, Flagstone, Graham Beck,\u00a0Kanonkop,\u00a0Rustenburg,\u00a0Simonsig,\u00a0Spier,\u00a0Tokara, and\u00a0Windmeul, with two double gold medals each.<\/p>\n

* \u00a0 Mike Veseth, keynote speaker at the Nederburg Auction in 2012, has published ‘Extreme Wine<\/a>‘, ‘<\/em><\/strong><\/span>searching for the best, worst, cheapest, most expensive, and most over-priced wines. Mike seeks out the most outrageous wine people and places and probes the biggest wine booms and busts. Along the way he applauds celebrity wines, tries to find wine at the movies, and discovers wines that are so scarce that they are almost invisible’.<\/em><\/p>\n

* \u00a0 A Europe wide air controller strike<\/span><\/strong><\/a> is likely on 10 October, especially in Germany, France, Spain , and Portugal.<\/p>\n

* \u00a0 Overhex Wines International is packing for Cannes, where its wines will be introduced at the retail travel industry TFWA World Exhibitio<\/strong><\/span><\/a>n by wine distributor Diverse Flavours. \u00a0Overhex Wines International produces a range of entry level to premium wines, including\u00a0Balance<\/strong><\/span><\/a>, Soulo, Kamina, Bonsella, Cape Zebra. and Ostrich Landing. \u00a0Overhex Wines International MD Gerhard van der Wath commented: ‘Our vision is to be a meaningful competitor within the wine industry by building global brands that sell successfully across a wide range of target markets’. \u00a0<\/em>Recently\u00a0Balance Winemakers Selection Chenin Blanc 2012 was selected for Business Class pouring on Dragonair, a Chinese airline.<\/p>\n

* \u00a0 Chile has suffered its worst frost<\/strong><\/span><\/a> in 84 years, causing damage to the value of $ 1 billion to vines and fruit.<\/p>\n

* \u00a0 The Chinese National Tourism Administration has published a 65-page Guidebook to guide the behaviour of Chinese tourists when traveling<\/strong><\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n

* \u00a0 Interesting profile of ‘Vineyard Manager’ Rosa Kruger<\/span><\/strong><\/a> by Jancis Robinson.<\/p>\n

* \u00a0 Tsogo Sun has announced a R 10 million sponsorship of a school chess programme spanning the next three years. \u00a0‘The selection of chess seemed a natural fit for us as part of both our strategy to develop sport as well as play a role in education. Chess is listed among the government\u2019s top 16 priority sporting codes for inclusion at school level and the educational development through chess then aligns strongly with sport and education. All our initiatives are designed to comply with government\u2019s strategy and objectives within the school system to ensure that we contribute to the overall development of the children we reach, said\u00a0Shanda Paine, Group CSI Manager of Tsogo Sun. \u00a0Chess is a great leveller and can be played by all children, whatever their background and whatever their sporting or academic abilities, giving learners skills in maths, science and life skills. (via media release from Tsogo Sun)<\/p>\n

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

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