{"id":49959,"date":"2013-10-21T15:49:08","date_gmt":"2013-10-21T13:49:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whalecottage.com\/blog\/?p=49959"},"modified":"2013-10-21T15:49:08","modified_gmt":"2013-10-21T13:49:08","slug":"whaletales-tourism-food-and-wine-news-headlines-21-october","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chrisvonulmenstein.com\/blog\/cape-town\/whaletales-tourism-food-and-wine-news-headlines-21-october\/","title":{"rendered":"WhaleTales Tourism, Food, and Wine news headlines: 21 October"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

* \u00a0 South Africans are ‘shady travelers’<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/a>, and not always welcomed visa-free, due to their reputation of smuggling in non-allowed items (sometimes drugs but mostly biltong), having lied to Customs’ officials, taken photographs where it is not allowed, \u00a0and\u00a0‘stealing from hotel rooms’<\/em>.<\/p>\n

* \u00a0 The ‘Tops at Spar Bierfest<\/em>‘ will be held at Newlands Brewery from 7 – 10 November. (received via e-mail)<\/p>\n

* \u00a0 Stellenrust has won the International Chenin Blanc Trophy<\/strong><\/span><\/a> at the International Wine and Spirits Competition for the second year running.<\/p>\n

* \u00a0 About 20% of British travelers would spend more on their holidays<\/strong><\/span><\/a> in 2014, and 16% said that they would cut back. \u00a0The balance would spend the same.<\/p>\n

* \u00a0 The Food, Wine and Design Fair will be held at the Hyde Park Corner centre in Johannesburg from 8 – 10 November, as a ’boutique outdoor market’<\/em> with furniture crafters, artisan producers, top wines, craft beers, and speciality foods. (via Business Class<\/strong> magazine)<\/p>\n

* \u00a0 Gaby Gramm has left Steenberg Hotel and has set up a hospitality consultancy called LuxTravelEx. (via \u00a0Hotel & Restaurant<\/strong>)<\/p>\n

* \u00a0 Kaapzicht will be hosting the Bottelary Hills ‘Pop Up’ \u00a0Winemakers Lunch, and Casparus Chef Etienne Bonthuys will be cooking a 4-course lunch on 24 November, paired with the wines from nearby\u00a0Goede Hoop, Groenland, Hartenberg, Mooiplaas, and Villiera, at the cost of R275. \u00a0(received via Random 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 South Africans are ‘shady travelers’, and not always welcomed visa-free, due to their reputation of smuggling in non-allowed items (sometimes drugs but mostly biltong), having lied to Customs’ officials, taken photographs where it is not allowed, \u00a0and\u00a0‘stealing from hotel rooms’. * \u00a0 The ‘Tops at Spar Bierfest‘ […]<\/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":[20517,3,124,1918,266,20,31,22,21,19],"tags":[21791,21789,21796,10735,32378,14577,21790,6230,30,21794,21797,20056,20057,410,10438,21795,21793,523,405,21798,3213,21792,3621,1143,8659,5,2837,32373,10,365],"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