{"id":60822,"date":"2014-08-26T23:09:48","date_gmt":"2014-08-26T21:09:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whalecottage.com\/blog\/?p=60822"},"modified":"2014-11-29T12:56:04","modified_gmt":"2014-11-29T10:56:04","slug":"whaletales-tourism-food-and-wine-news-headlines-26-august-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chrisvonulmenstein.com\/blog\/cape-town\/whaletales-tourism-food-and-wine-news-headlines-26-august-2\/","title":{"rendered":"WhaleTales Tourism, Food, and Wine news headlines: 26 August"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

* \u00a0 The Pinot Noir producers in the Hemel-en-Aarde Valley are hosting their second Hemel-en-Aarde Pinot Noir Celebration at Bona Dea Estate on 30 and 31 January, with only 150 tickets available for the event. \u00a0The key-note dinner speaker will be Norman Hardie, regarded as Canada’s best Pinot Noir producer. (received via e-mail from Hamilton Russell Vineyards)<\/p>\n

* \u00a0 South Africa has the lowest transport costs<\/strong><\/span><\/a> compared to 50 other countries, according to GoEuro’s Transportation Price Index<\/strong><\/span><\/a>. \u00a0For air travel our country ranked third cheapest, while our costs of train travel ranked cheapest of all countries.<\/p>\n

* \u00a0 Cape Town has been appointed for the second time as <\/span>Official Host City for World Travel Market Africa<\/strong><\/a>, which will take place from 15 – 17 April 2015 in the Cape Town International Convention Centre.<\/span><\/p>\n

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* \u00a0 Stellenbosch is stretching Heritage Day into a whole month of celebration, its Heritage Month celebrating the history, taste and traditions of the winemaking and gourmet town, focusing on ‘local is lekker<\/em>‘. \u00a0Braai-ing will be the focus in September at Delheim, Hazendal, Hidden Valley, Dornier, Asara, Middelvlei, and Lanzerac. \u00a0Spier is offering an Eerste River Challenge, paddling up the river to the wine estate, \u00a0and is also offering a Gables Audio Walk, a fictional account of life on a wine farm in the 19th century. \u00a0 One can see cooperage practised at Van Ryn distillery. (received via media release from Random Hat Communications)<\/p>\n

* \u00a0 Nederburg has launched a new ‘Great things are born of Passion’\u00a0<\/em>advertising campaign, which communicates that passion is the brand’s most important ingredient. \u00a0 The passion of Nederburg staff in loving their jobs, and in building the brand as one of the most successful wine brands over more than 70 years, is demonstrated. \u00a0The\u00a0TV commercial features Cellar Master Razvan Macici,<\/strong>\u00a0<\/a>raising the bar of winemaking, and that of himself and his team. \u00a0A Social Media campaign has also been launched to co-incide with Nederburg’s sponsorship of MasterChef SA, which includes videos of food and wine pairing, in which MasterChef SA judge Pete Goffe-Wood features. \u00a0The brand will be sponsoring the 2014\u00a0Eat Out<\/strong>\u00a0Rising Star Award. (received via media release from De Kock Communications)<\/p>\n

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

Tourism, Food, and Wine news headlines * \u00a0 The Pinot Noir producers in the Hemel-en-Aarde Valley are hosting their second Hemel-en-Aarde Pinot Noir Celebration at Bona Dea Estate on 30 and 31 January, with only 150 tickets available for the event. \u00a0The key-note dinner speaker will be Norman Hardie, regarded as Canada’s best Pinot Noir […]<\/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":[26536,3,124,1918,266,75,20,528,31,22,21,19],"tags":[27332,27324,27331,545,32366,256,26224,19280,2489,8793,138,27333,30,27334,27327,2721,7982,2501,2305,27330,215,9273,27326,32404,12485,399,27325,27329,27336,1458,429,24695,20346,8652,27337,32395,32388,52,32376,5,27328,22254,27335,32373,10,365,22583],"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