{"id":54791,"date":"2014-03-03T18:23:06","date_gmt":"2014-03-03T16:23:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whalecottage.com\/blog\/?p=54791"},"modified":"2014-03-03T20:35:24","modified_gmt":"2014-03-03T18:35:24","slug":"whaletales-tourism-food-and-wine-news-headlines-3-march","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chrisvonulmenstein.com\/blog\/cape-town\/whaletales-tourism-food-and-wine-news-headlines-3-march\/","title":{"rendered":"WhaleTales Tourism, Food, and Wine news headlines: 3 March"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

* \u00a0 The financially struggling SAA is losing even more money to interest on loans<\/strong><\/span><\/a> for its new fleet, which it cannot receive delivery of as Minister of Public Enterprises Malusi \u00a0Gigaba has rejected the proposal for not meeting the infrastructure development policies!<\/p>\n

* \u00a0 The KWV wine range has featured<\/strong><\/span><\/a> in The China Post,<\/strong> the year of its establishment being the same as the year of the late Nelson Mandela’s birth.<\/p>\n

* \u00a0 Three Ships is running a Facebook campaign from 13 March, awarding 300 bottles \u00a0of 5 Year Old Premium Select whisky live every second, within 5 minutes, to its loyal customers who know their whisky brand. \u00a0Fifteen questions have to be answered about Three Ships within 5 minutes. \u00a0A 10-day run up to the competition will provide background information to the Three Ships brand and to its distillery James Sedgwick. \u00a0(received via media release from De Kock Communications)<\/p>\n

* \u00a0 The last Stellenbosch Street Soiree this summer takes place on 12 March, from 18h00 – 20h00, as a \u2018pop up pavement celebration\u2019 <\/em>on Church Street. \u00a0Twenty wine estates will offer their wines to taste at R50 for unlimited tasting, while street food is also available to buy. \u00a0AmaZink AllStars will put on a township music and dance show. (received via media release from Random Hat Communications)<\/p>\n

* \u00a0 La Motte is hosting a talk and dinner on Fynbos by Dave Pepler of KykNET<\/strong>‘s environmental program ‘Groen’<\/em> on 13 March. \u00a0The talk costs R70, and dinner plus the talk R240, including a glass of wine. (received via e-mail from La Motte)<\/p>\n

* \u00a0 Steenberg is hosting an Earth Hour Night Picnic on 29 March, at R200 per person, with a 10% discount voucher included. (received via e-mail from Steenberg)<\/p>\n

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

Tourism, Food, and Wine news headlines * \u00a0 The financially struggling SAA is losing even more money to interest on loans for its new fleet, which it cannot receive delivery of as Minister of Public Enterprises Malusi \u00a0Gigaba has rejected the proposal for not meeting the infrastructure development policies! * \u00a0 The KWV wine range […]<\/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":[3,124,266,20,22,21,19],"tags":[24146,32378,24148,19280,24149,2381,30,1007,24147,24145,884,4861,1540,17200,32392,16650,20346,759,231,23131,18673,5,32373,10,365],"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