{"id":51014,"date":"2013-11-15T21:22:25","date_gmt":"2013-11-15T19:22:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whalecottage.com\/blog\/?p=51014"},"modified":"2013-11-15T21:22:25","modified_gmt":"2013-11-15T19:22:25","slug":"whaletales-tourism-food-and-wine-news-headlines-15-november","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chrisvonulmenstein.com\/blog\/cape-town\/whaletales-tourism-food-and-wine-news-headlines-15-november\/","title":{"rendered":"WhaleTales Tourism, Food, and Wine news headlines: 15 November"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

* \u00a0 Facebook is losing its attraction<\/strong><\/span><\/a> amongst younger children.<\/p>\n

* \u00a0 Holden Manz is hosting a ‘Day of Fashion’,<\/em> offering its wines and pop-up shops selling Sloane & Madison, Periquita, Erato, and I AM, on Saturday \u00a0(16\/11) from 11h00 – 16h00. (received via e-mail from Holden Manz)<\/p>\n

* \u00a0 Malta is selling European Union passports<\/strong><\/span><\/a> for\u00a0\u20ac650000, allowing recipients to travel through and live in any of the 28 member countries.<\/p>\n

* \u00a0 Prince Harry flies into Cape Town<\/strong><\/span><\/a> on Sunday, and to the South Pole on Tuesday, to raise funds for charities.<\/p>\n

* \u00a0 The BBC has banned foie gras<\/strong><\/span><\/a> for ethical reasons from MasterChef UK, but Channel 4 is allowing it on its Come Dine with Me series.<\/p>\n

* \u00a0 Klein Constantia believes that its Vin de Constance<\/strong><\/span><\/a> deserves better visibility amongst wine lovers and collectors. \u00a0It is launching a magnum of its 2008 vintage. \u00a0It regards it as ‘already at the top level<\/em>‘, but that it is ‘still not sexy enough’<\/em>.<\/p>\n

* \u00a0 The CEO of SATSA (Southern Africa Tourism Services Association) David Frost has written an open letter to Southern African Tourism Update<\/strong>, to share that he met with SAA about the cancellation of the Buenos Aires route.<\/strong><\/span><\/a> The route had doubled passenger numbers to 17000 in four years, but will be cut due to the unfavourable exchange rate and low demand from South Africa. \u00a0SAA and SATSA have agreed to meet quarterly, and to better communicate with the travel industry.<\/p>\n

* \u00a0The odd accusation that the Liquor By Law which allows sparkling wine to be served before 11h00 with a ‘champagne breakfast’ in Cape Town is ‘culturally discriminatory<\/em>‘<\/strong><\/span><\/a> has made the news headlines in the UK!<\/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 Facebook is losing its attraction amongst younger children. * \u00a0 Holden Manz is hosting a ‘Day of Fashion’, offering its wines and pop-up shops selling Sloane & Madison, Periquita, Erato, and I AM, on Saturday \u00a0(16\/11) from 11h00 – 16h00. (received via e-mail from Holden Manz) * […]<\/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":[3,124,672,266,20,22,21,19,293],"tags":[890,2763,32366,15034,22322,32378,21360,22314,22318,22321,2381,4737,30,9360,22317,413,1249,22319,16207,22320,22316,3628,759,876,22315,14635,21361,5,1392,32373,10,365],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\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\n\t\t