{"id":60766,"date":"2014-08-25T15:22:48","date_gmt":"2014-08-25T13:22:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whalecottage.com\/blog\/?p=60766"},"modified":"2014-08-25T15:24:41","modified_gmt":"2014-08-25T13:24:41","slug":"whaletales-tourism-food-and-wine-news-headlines-25-august","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chrisvonulmenstein.com\/blog\/cape-town\/whaletales-tourism-food-and-wine-news-headlines-25-august\/","title":{"rendered":"WhaleTales Tourism, Food, and Wine news headlines: 25 August"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

* \u00a0 A Red Alert has been issued for Europe air travel, with the\u00a0imminent eruption of the Bardarbunga volcano in Iceland<\/strong><\/a>, the most serious alert indicating an expected\u00a0‘significant emission of ash into the atmosphere’<\/em>. \u00a0 Four years ago the\u00a0Eyjafjallajokul volcano erupted, and caused international travel chaos, with 100000 flights cancelled at that time, threatening the arrival of passengers for the 2010 Soccer World Cup.<\/p>\n

* \u00a0Yesterday’s earthquake measuring 6,2 on the Richter scale has shaken San Francisco and Napa Valley, and is expected to have caused\u00a0damage to bottles of wine in America’s prime winemaking region<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

* \u00a0 Sadly MasterChef SA Season 1 Top 4 Finalist Sarel Loots, better known by his Twitter handle @SarelvanSabie, passed away from a heart attack today. \u00a0In the last episode in which he appeared, he was\u00a0described by the judges as having ‘a big heart’<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

* \u00a0 The 2014\u00a0SA Young Wine Show awards attracted 1972 entries.<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0Trophies were awarded on Friday, the award history dating back to 1833. \u00a0The Jan Smuts Trophy for overall winner, as well as the trophy for SA Champion Chenin Blanc, went to Boland Cellar; Badsberg was named SA Champion White Blend as well as Dessert Wine; Spier was named SA Champion S\u00e9millon and Chardonnay (Wooded); Bon Courage won SA Champion for Natural Sweet White Wine as well as for Noble Late Harvest; Perdeberg won SA Champion for Sauvignon Blanc; Stettyn won SA Championship Other White Cultivar Colombar; \u00a0KWV won SA Champion for Red Blend Shiraz\/Cabernet Sauvignon (Wooded); Bellingham won SA Champion for Pinotage (Wooded); Audacia won SA Champion for Shiraz (Wooded); Lutzville SA Champion for Cabernet Sauvignon (Wooded); Namaqua won SA Champion for Merlot (Wooded); Babylon’s Peak won SA Champion for Other Red Cultivar Grenache (Wooded); De Krans won SA Champion for Port; and Montagu won SA Champion for Muscadel.<\/p>\n

* \u00a0 Western Cape entrepreneur Ilse Rutherford won the National Department of Agriculture, Forestry & Fisheries Women in Agriculture Award, having been one of the Western Cape finalists. \u00a0She is the Financial Manager at Compagniesdrift farm’s wine storage facility, which is an equity scheme, of which half the ownership is an empowerment trust. \u00a0The company provides storage, bottling, and labelling services to the wine industry. \u00a0Alan Winde, Western Cape Minister of Tourism and Economic Opportunities described her as a\u00a0‘role model<\/em>‘. \u00a0(received via media release from Minister Winde’s office)<\/p>\n

* \u00a0 To celebrate Spring, The House of JC le Roux is offering sweet treats from 5 – 7 September for visitors tasting their La Fleurette and La Fleurette Non-Alcoholic MCC. \u00a0During September the winery will also offer La Vall\u00e9e gift packs which have been designed with a Spring theme. Tasting cost is R70. (received via media release from GC Communications)<\/p>\n

Chris von Ulmenstein, Whale Cottage Portfolio: www.whalecottage.com<\/span> <\/strong><\/a>\u00a0 Twitter:\u00a0@WhaleCottage<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0 Facebook: \u00a0click here<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Tourism, Food, and Wine news headlines * \u00a0 A Red Alert has been issued for Europe air travel, with the\u00a0imminent eruption of the Bardarbunga volcano in Iceland, the most serious alert indicating an expected\u00a0‘significant emission of ash into the atmosphere’. \u00a0 Four years ago the\u00a0Eyjafjallajokul volcano erupted, and caused international travel chaos, with 100000 flights […]<\/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":[3,124,266,14539,20,22,516,21,19,11],"tags":[27279,1317,7746,27283,13552,8574,27276,9984,223,32378,27287,417,10850,27277,30,19836,4654,27284,27281,884,22587,17094,19476,714,17942,2624,27285,3321,27275,27278,27280,543,15200,3312,52,27282,18312,5,11988,32387,32373,26560,365,6405,27286],"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