{"id":57883,"date":"2014-06-04T16:22:43","date_gmt":"2014-06-04T14:22:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whalecottage.com\/blog\/?p=57883"},"modified":"2014-06-04T16:22:43","modified_gmt":"2014-06-04T14:22:43","slug":"whaletales-tourism-food-wine-news-headlines-34-june","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chrisvonulmenstein.com\/blog\/cape-town\/whaletales-tourism-food-wine-news-headlines-34-june\/","title":{"rendered":"WhaleTales Tourism, Food & Wine news headlines: 3\/4 June"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

* \u00a0 British Airways is offering Winter’s Drift Shiraz 2011 in Business Class on its South African routes in June and July. \u00a0The wine spent 11 months in French oak. \u00a0Grapes came from Glen Elgin, and the wine was made by Kobie Viljoen at the Gabri\u00eblskloof Cellar. \u00a0The 2011 vintage is sold out, but the 2012 is freely available. (received via media release from Hazell Public Relations and Wine Consultants)<\/p>\n

* \u00a0 Intoxication of passengers is the biggest cause of unruly behaviour on board<\/strong><\/span><\/a> airlines, and 8000 incidents were recorded in 2013. \u00a0The International Air Transportation Association (IATA) wants airport ground staff and bar staff to help prevent excessive drinking by passengers before flights, it being the right of crew and other passengers to travel without disturbance.<\/p>\n

* \u00a0An economist has disputed that South Africa is heading for a recession<\/strong><\/span><\/a>, the macro economy doing better than the GDP data suggests. \u00a0A growth rate of 4% is estimated for the next two years, coming from Tourism, a revision of labour legislation, and electricity supply improving. \u00a0Strikes and salary demands are contrary to foreign investments.<\/p>\n

* \u00a0 South Africa has no cruise liners, and this is a disadvantage for the local economy<\/strong><\/span><\/a>, says the South African Maritime Safety Association. \u00a0Cruising still has a small following amongst South Africans, at only 1% of those travelling overseas, below the world average.<\/p>\n

* \u00a0 The Cape Winemakers’ Guild celebrates the 30th anniversary of its Auction this year at Spier Conference Centre on 4 October. \u00a0There are 45 members of the Guild, representing the cream of local winemakers. \u00a0Last year the Auction generated R 8,4 million. \u00a0A total of R8,8 million has been raised in the past ten years for a number of development initiatives. \u00a0 Pre-Auction tastings take place in Cape Town on 21 August and in Johannesburg on 27 August. \u00a0Tickets cost R170. (received via media release from GC Communications)<\/span><\/div>\n

* \u00a0 \u00a0Blues and Haute Cabri\u00e8re are collaborating in a Wined & Dined evening on 13 June, with canap\u00e9s, a glass of Pierre Jourdan, and a three course meal paired with Haute Cabri\u00e8re wines. \u00a0Cost is R295. (received via e-mail from Blues)<\/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 British Airways is offering Winter’s Drift Shiraz 2011 in Business Class on its South African routes in June and July. \u00a0The wine spent 11 months in French oak. \u00a0Grapes came from Glen Elgin, and the wine was made by Kobie Viljoen at the Gabri\u00eblskloof Cellar. \u00a0The 2011 […]<\/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":[3,124,266,20,528,22,21,19],"tags":[25758,21677,67,761,32366,3965,32378,3448,1423,30,21581,19836,10684,25755,581,20192,25757,99,25756,25760,228,727,1483,25761,52,25759,5,32373,10,365,25762,16561],"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