{"id":60174,"date":"2014-08-08T22:26:01","date_gmt":"2014-08-08T20:26:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whalecottage.com\/blog\/?p=60174"},"modified":"2014-08-08T22:26:01","modified_gmt":"2014-08-08T20:26:01","slug":"whaletales-tourism-food-and-wine-news-headlines-8-august-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chrisvonulmenstein.com\/blog\/cape-town\/whaletales-tourism-food-and-wine-news-headlines-8-august-2\/","title":{"rendered":"WhaleTales Tourism, Food, and Wine news headlines: 8 August"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

* \u00a0 It’s Women’s Day tomorrow, and Franschhoek is celebrating<\/strong><\/span><\/a>! \u00a0 Hildegard von Arnim, co-owner of Haute Cabriere, will conduct the Cellar Master’s Tour with a sabrage tomorrow. \u00a0Le Franschhoek Hotel & Spa is offering a High Tea from 11h00 onwards, at R135\/R165 with bubbly. \u00a0(received via newsletter from Franschhoek Wine Valley)<\/p>\n

* \u00a0 Cape Town Fringe is an inaugural festival<\/strong><\/span><\/a> running from 25 September to 5 October, with 89 music, theatre, art, and comedy productions, created by the City of Cape Town in conjunction with the National Arts Festival. \u00a0Some of the performances were recently staged in Grahamstown. \u00a0 The City Hall will be the ‘hub’<\/em> of the festival.<\/p>\n

* \u00a0 SAA is offering flights to our country from the USA at the unbelievable low price of $899 round-trip<\/strong> <\/span><\/a>(from New York or Washington to Johannesburg) in its ‘Fares So Low, You Gotta Go<\/em>‘ promotion for travel between 1 to 30 November. \u00a0Executive Vice President of SAA for North America Marc Cavaliere said: ‘These are some of our lowest fares of the year and are only available for a short time for travel in November, which is springtime in\u00a0South Africa\u00a0and a great time to visit and experience\u00a0Johannesburg\u00a0and its many cosmopolitan activities. \u00a0 In addition to these low fares, you\u2019re getting the best value for the dollar, with daily nonstop service from\u00a0New York\u00a0and daily direct service from\u00a0Washington, DC, two free checked bags, no charge for advance seat assignments, on-demand entertainment at every seat, complimentary meals, snacks and award-winning South African wines. There is no better or more affordable way to fly to\u00a0South Africa\u00a0and explore the African continent’<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n

* \u00a0 <\/span>Simonsig is hosting a Vintage Day<\/strong> <\/a>on 16 August at the wine estate, with tastings of classic vintages selected by winemaker Johan Malan. \u00a0Cost is R150 for entrance, glass, and tastings, R50 extra for ‘<\/span>wine class’. \u00a0<\/em>Johannesburg Vintage Day on 30 August, cost R250. Book via Webtickets. \u00a0 (via <\/span>Cape Times<\/strong> advertisement)<\/span><\/p>\n

* \u00a0 Grande Provence is hosting another Wine & Dine Collaboration, on 22 August, this time with Red Blends. With a 6-course menu designed by Chef Darren Badenhorst, and a pairing put together by Cellarmaster Karl Lambour, the wines to be tasted are by Grande Provence, \u00a0Miles Mossop, Gavin Bruwer Slabbert of Raats Family Vineyards, and Sebastian Beaumont. \u00a0 Cost is R495. \u00a0(received via media release from GC Communications)<\/p>\n

\u00a0Chris von Ulmenstein, Whale Cottage Portfolio: www.whalecottage.com<\/strong> <\/span><\/a>\u00a0Twitter: WhaleCottage<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Tourism, Food, and Wine news headlines * \u00a0 It’s Women’s Day tomorrow, and Franschhoek is celebrating! \u00a0 Hildegard von Arnim, co-owner of Haute Cabriere, will conduct the Cellar Master’s Tour with a sabrage tomorrow. \u00a0Le Franschhoek Hotel & Spa is offering a High Tea from 11h00 onwards, at R135\/R165 with bubbly. \u00a0(received via newsletter from […]<\/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":[26536,3,124,5794,1918,266,20,22,21,19],"tags":[2158,32366,26922,26921,26929,1240,257,15662,30,32369,570,26927,19836,26924,140,581,9234,13270,99,15277,896,2924,26923,26928,26925,7023,2935,230,5,26926,6658,1279,32373,10,365,24523,53,1727],"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