{"id":53387,"date":"2014-01-21T23:27:30","date_gmt":"2014-01-21T21:27:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whalecottage.com\/blog\/?p=53387"},"modified":"2014-01-21T23:27:30","modified_gmt":"2014-01-21T21:27:30","slug":"whaletales-tourism-food-and-wine-news-headlines-21-january","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chrisvonulmenstein.com\/blog\/cape-town\/whaletales-tourism-food-and-wine-news-headlines-21-january\/","title":{"rendered":"WhaleTales Tourism, Food, and Wine news headlines: 21 January"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

* \u00a0 The national soccer team, in the dogbox for losing 1 – 3 against Nigeria at the Cape Town Stadium on Sunday in the Africa Nations Championship (CHAN 2014), is to possibly be renamed<\/strong><\/span><\/a>, having carried the Bafana Bafana name for more than twenty years. \u00a0South African Football Association (SAFA) President Danny Jordan said: ‘We must consider changing the name and we have to review the preparations, the philosophy and technical staff of the team’, <\/em>a statement which is said to herald a possible sacking of new coach Gordon Igesund as a result of the defeat. The coach has defended himself, saying his mandate did not include CHAN 2014!<\/p>\n

* \u00a0 Paul Cluver winemaker Andries Burger is the new Chairman of the Cape Winemakers‘ Guild, having been the Vice-Chairman since 2012. \u00a0His goals for the 45-member Guild are to enhance transformation and to set new benchmarks for local winemaking. \u00a0‘I see my role as chairman as an extension of the goal of the Cape Winemakers Guild, to guide the Guild in its quest to further knowledge and expertise in ensuring that South African wines are rated amongst the best in the world. It is also important that we continue to strive for improvement in our industry and that we, through projects such as the Guild\u2019s Prot\u00e9g\u00e9 Programme, nurture and create leaders for the future’.<\/em> \u00a0 Burger has been at Paul Cluver since 1997. \u00a0The Guild’s new Vice Chairman is Miles Mossop from Tokara. (received via media release from GC Communications)<\/p>\n

* \u00a0 An Australian consultant has predicted that French wines will lead the world<\/strong><\/span><\/a>, as they position their wines as a ‘source of exciting wines’<\/em>, and not only as a food pairing option. \u00a0 He is particularly pessimistic about the future of international sales of South African, Chilean, and Australian wines.<\/p>\n

* \u00a0 BBC Food<\/strong> has featured Bunny Chow as a new Street Food in the UK<\/strong><\/span><\/a>, the South African curry stew served in a hollowed out half loaf of bread, which is particularly popular in Durban.<\/p>\n

* \u00a0 Orphanage Cocktail Emporium is celebrating Carnival on Saturday evening, with a stilt walker and fire-breather, carnival swing beats, and artisan cocktails (received via media release from HYPE PR).<\/p>\n

Chris von Ulmenstein, WhaleCottage Portfolio: www.whalecottage.com<\/a> \u00a0Twitter: @WhaleCottage<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Tourism, Food, and Wine news headlines * \u00a0 The national soccer team, in the dogbox for losing 1 – 3 against Nigeria at the Cape Town Stadium on Sunday in the Africa Nations Championship (CHAN 2014), is to possibly be renamed, having carried the Bafana Bafana name for more than twenty years. \u00a0South African Football […]<\/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":[3,2253,124,1918,266,20,564,22,21,19],"tags":[21828,3241,547,97,23481,1381,3965,15969,23477,1807,32378,529,332,30,23480,19836,23478,23479,23483,2924,4989,18038,58,15734,32388,15735,23482,5,561,32373,10,365],"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