{"id":49795,"date":"2013-10-16T17:58:15","date_gmt":"2013-10-16T15:58:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whalecottage.com\/blog\/?p=49795"},"modified":"2013-10-16T17:58:38","modified_gmt":"2013-10-16T15:58:38","slug":"whaletales-tourism-food-and-wine-news-headlines-16-october","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chrisvonulmenstein.com\/blog\/cape-town\/whaletales-tourism-food-and-wine-news-headlines-16-october\/","title":{"rendered":"WhaleTales: Tourism, Food, and Wine news headlines: 16 October"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

* La Residence in Franschhoek is the joint Best Hotel in the World,<\/strong><\/span><\/a> on the Conde Nast Top 100 Hotels as chosen by its readers, and Singita Sabi Sand and Bushmans Kloof Wilderness are in joint 3rd place. Lion Sands, Phinda Private Game Reserve, Sabi Sabi Private Game Reserve, and Singita Kruger have all made the Top 100 Hotel list.<\/p>\n

* \u00a0\u00a0Cape Town has been ranked\u00a0joint 11th Best City in the World<\/strong><\/a>, out of 25, on the Conde Nast Traveler Readers’ Choice Awards, following San Miguel de Allende in first place, followed by Florence, Budapest, Salzburg, Charleston, San Sebastian, Vienna, Rome, Siena, and Quebec City.<\/p>\n

* ‘All these must see lists are nonsense because they sell books, magazines and they push websites but there is no truth behind it. What makes sells a place is if you had a great experience there and that\u2019s something only you can do’<\/em> writes Lonely Planet Guide<\/strong><\/a> writer Doug Lansky about visiting Cape Town.<\/p>\n

* \u00a0 Leading award-winning wine blogger David White of Terroirist Blog questions the use of tasting notes<\/strong><\/span><\/a> in describing wines, and speculates that they are intimidating, driving wine drinkers to beer!<\/p>\n

* \u00a0 The Pepperclub is hosting a Spring series of Thursday late afternoon wine tastings, offering a free tasting of Creation wines this Thursday at 17h30 – 19h30. (received via media release from Epic Communications)<\/p>\n

* \u00a0 Strike action<\/strong><\/span><\/a>\u00a0was threatened for today at\u00a0Gatwick, Heathrow, Manchester and Stansted airports.<\/p>\n

* \u00a0 The Col’Cacchio Celebrity Series<\/strong><\/span><\/a> fundraising project raised more than R300000 for the Red Cross Children’s Hospital Trust, through the sale of 34000 pizzas this past winter. Chef Liam Tomlin, David Grier, Charly’s Bakery’s Biess family, and Jade Fairbrother inspired the four monthly designer pizzas. (received via newsletter from Col’Cacchio)<\/p>\n

* \u00a0 Pioneer Foods is to retrench<\/strong><\/span><\/a> or redeploy 1200 middle and senior management staff, following similar action at Pick ‘n Pay, reflecting the lowest retail sales growth in the past two years.<\/p>\n

* \u00a0 Fast food clients, of KFC in particular, have had their credit card details compromised<\/span> <\/strong><\/a>and have allegedly been defrauded, impacting on each of South Africa’s banks.<\/p>\n

* \u00a0 The exact status and future of the\u00a0Control of Marketing of Alcoholic Beverages Bill<\/strong> <\/span><\/a>is uncertain, not having been promulgated a month after it was approved by Parliament!<\/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 * La Residence in Franschhoek is the joint Best Hotel in the World, on the Conde Nast Top 100 Hotels as chosen by its readers, and Singita Sabi Sand and Bushmans Kloof Wilderness are in joint 3rd place. Lion Sands, Phinda Private Game Reserve, Sabi Sabi Private Game Reserve, […]<\/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":[7,3,124,1918,266,14,20,22,21,19],"tags":[2003,21681,21685,21682,32366,21688,5871,32378,21698,207,20262,2521,21169,13093,1589,21693,18730,368,30,32369,21480,9156,20194,15404,576,3769,13691,21692,4762,2112,2550,5398,21690,21684,11407,2609,21686,21691,21689,21683,13688,21696,21697,21694,21555,21695,5,21687,32373,10,365],"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