{"id":51267,"date":"2013-11-21T23:32:44","date_gmt":"2013-11-21T21:32:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whalecottage.com\/blog\/?p=51267"},"modified":"2013-11-21T23:35:04","modified_gmt":"2013-11-21T21:35:04","slug":"whaletales-tourism-food-and-wine-news-headlines-21-november","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chrisvonulmenstein.com\/blog\/cape-town\/whaletales-tourism-food-and-wine-news-headlines-21-november\/","title":{"rendered":"WhaleTales Tourism, Food, and Wine news headlines: 21 November"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

* \u00a0 Brangelina’s Miravel Ros\u00e9<\/strong> <\/span><\/a>is the first pink wine to have made the Wine Spectator<\/strong> Top 100 exciting wines list. \u00a0This year South Africa’s Hamilton Russell Chardonnay 2012, \u00a0Ashbourne Sandstone 2008 (also made by Hamilton Russell), and AA Badenhorst Family 2009 are also on the Top 100 list.<\/p>\n

* \u00a0 Hartenberg is hosting its annual Riesling Rocks Festival on 25 January, with our country’s best Rieslings available to taste, paired with gourmet deli food. Hartenberg winemaker Carl Schultz is regarded as one of the best local Riesling winemakers. \u00a0Tickets cost R120. (received via media release via Smart Communications & Events)<\/p>\n

* \u00a0 Indaba will run over only three days next year<\/strong><\/span><\/a>, from 10 – 12 May, SA Tourism giving the ‘stagnant’<\/em> trade show in Durban a makeover with changes being implemented over the next two years. \u00a0The focus will be to meet and engage, rather than man large stands. \u00a0SA Tourism Chief Marketing Officer Jan Hutton will meet with the tourism industry in Durban and Cape Town next week, to share her plans for Indaba 2014.<\/p>\n

* \u00a0 Tony Romer-Lee is said to be leaving the McGrath Collection at the end of the month, to start his own hotel consultancy.<\/p>\n

* \u00a0 Pinterest has launched Place Pins<\/strong><\/span><\/a>, showing travel related pins on a map, rather than with the other pins on a board.<\/p>\n

* \u00a0 Being held in a week during which the power of nature and the effect of climate change has been very evident, \u00a0it is disappointing to read that the Warsaw Climate Change Conference<\/strong><\/span><\/a> is stormy, and that the delegates do not appear to be reaching agreement.<\/p>\n

* \u00a0 5Rooms at The Alphen hotel has introduced an all-day Sunday Brunch. (received via e-mail from The Alphen)<\/p>\n

* \u00a0 City Sightseeing has announced that it is introducing a night tour of Cape Town<\/strong><\/span><\/a> of about three hours, departing at 18h00 from its Two Oceans Aquarium stop in the V&A Waterfront until 7 March. \u00a0Thereafter the bus departs at 17h30. It appears that this tour will not be on a Hop On Hop Off basis.<\/p>\n

* \u00a0 Beautiful Bo-Kaap is to be declared an urban conservation area<\/strong><\/span><\/a>, following a request from the community living there to protect the cultural heritage of the area. \u00a0Once this has been done by the City of Cape Town, any developments to any buildings in the area can only be done subject to approval.<\/p>\n

* \u00a0 Chenin Blanc gets a good write up<\/strong><\/span><\/a> in The New Zealand Herald<\/strong>, following The Beautiful South tasting of South African, Argentinian, and Chilean wines in London in September.<\/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 Brangelina’s Miravel Ros\u00e9 is the first pink wine to have made the Wine Spectator Top 100 exciting wines list. \u00a0This year South Africa’s Hamilton Russell Chardonnay 2012, \u00a0Ashbourne Sandstone 2008 (also made by Hamilton Russell), and AA Badenhorst Family 2009 are also on the Top 100 list. […]<\/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":[3,124,1918,266,20,31,22,892,21,19],"tags":[18246,2929,3512,2505,695,19693,32366,8854,420,1807,32378,257,94,332,30,1958,410,4350,4031,20856,22462,22459,16644,22463,22461,910,21815,32388,22466,17337,18874,12563,22460,5,22464,92,22467,32393,22465,32373,10,365,6263],"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