{"id":59721,"date":"2014-07-23T23:13:56","date_gmt":"2014-07-23T21:13:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whalecottage.com\/blog\/?p=59721"},"modified":"2014-07-23T23:45:00","modified_gmt":"2014-07-23T21:45:00","slug":"whaletales-tourism-food-and-wine-news-headlines-23-july-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chrisvonulmenstein.com\/blog\/cape-town\/whaletales-tourism-food-and-wine-news-headlines-23-july-2\/","title":{"rendered":"WhaleTales Tourism, Food, and Wine news headlines: 23 July"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

* \u00a0 The Table Mountain Aerial Cableway Company is closing<\/strong><\/span><\/a> for its annual maintenance from 28 July to 10 August, to meet the standards of the Swiss Governing Body for Cableways. \u00a0 The Cableway originates from Switzerland.<\/p>\n

* \u00a0 Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Cape Town<\/strong><\/span><\/a> will be held from tomorrow until Saturday, organised by African Fashion International with sponsorship support from the City of Cape Town. \u00a0The fashion industry has an important impact on the economy of the Cape. \u00a0During the event, 27 designers will present their collections over 15 shows.<\/p>\n

* \u00a0 Reuben Robertsons Pop-Up and Pop-In Riffel is travelling through Africa with the Land Rover Africa<\/strong> magazine and TV crew, driving 6500 km from Cape Town to Dar es Salaam. \u00a0 The purpose of the feature is to promote overland tourism to Sub-Saharan Africa. \u00a0On the journey he has treated his team members with a Sedgwick’s Original Old Brown cream and mushroom sauce served with steak, salad, and vegetables. \u00a0Riffel will share his cooking skills with chefs along the way, and plans to publish another cook book of the best and worst recipes he encountered on his journey. \u00a0(received via media release from De Kock Communications)<\/p>\n

* \u00a0 KWV 12 year Barrel Select Brandy has been named Worldwide Best Brandy and won the 2014 Worldwide Brandy Trophy Award, at the International Wine & Spirit Competition in London. \u00a0 KWV is one of the most awarded brandy producers in our country. \u00a0Pieter de Bod, KWV Master Distiller, said: ‘To win Worldwide Best Brandy 2014 is the highest accolade and demonstrates our Brandy team\u2019s commitment to innovation and quality of the highest standard. <\/span><\/em>The award is testimony to KWV\u2019s Craftsmanship in Brandy and, increasingly, KWV Brandy is being recognised as a credible and formidable competitor to Cognac. South African brandy standards and processes are on par, if not better, than the equivalent Cognac standards with the only difference being the location from where the grapes that provide the base wine for distillation are sourced’.<\/em> \u00a0The brandy was launched last year, and is matured in French oak barrels.\u00a0(received via media release from Tin Can PR)<\/span><\/p>\n

* \u00a0 96 Winery Road restaurant is hosting a 4-course dinner, each course paired with Avondale\/Anima\/Samsara\/Armilla Wines and The Macallan and Highland Park Distilleries whiskies \u00a0on 1 August. \u00a0Cost is R350. \u00a0(received via media release from 96 Winery Road)<\/p>\n

* \u00a0 Caroline’s Red Wine Review takes place in the Table Bay Hotel on 30 July, and will showcase top red wines. Cost is R200. (received via e-mail from Caroline’s)<\/p>\n

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

Tourism, Food, and Wine news headlines * \u00a0 The Table Mountain Aerial Cableway Company is closing for its annual maintenance from 28 July to 10 August, to meet the standards of the Swiss Governing Body for Cableways. \u00a0 The Cableway originates from Switzerland. * \u00a0 Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Cape Town will be held from tomorrow […]<\/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":[25543,3,124,266,20,22,21,13915,19,293],"tags":[4186,26647,26660,26655,26656,2822,32366,26659,32378,257,26654,22297,19280,30,26658,8166,26651,26649,669,26646,26653,1347,26648,1921,12288,26650,1679,111,107,26657,5,32373,10,365,26652],"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