{"id":60835,"date":"2014-08-27T20:37:50","date_gmt":"2014-08-27T18:37:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whalecottage.com\/blog\/?p=60835"},"modified":"2014-08-28T11:37:33","modified_gmt":"2014-08-28T09:37:33","slug":"whaletales-tourism-food-and-wine-news-headlines-27-august-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chrisvonulmenstein.com\/blog\/cape-town\/whaletales-tourism-food-and-wine-news-headlines-27-august-2\/","title":{"rendered":"WhaleTales Tourism, Food, and Wine news headlines: 27 August"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

* \u00a0SA Tourism will spend R100 million to market our country<\/a><\/strong><\/span>\u00a0domestically, Tourism Minister Derek Hanekom has announced. \u00a0The domestic campaign ‘Nothing’s more fun than a Sho’t Left’<\/em>\u00a0communicate that local travel is fun and economical. \u00a0Local tourists spent R24 billion last year. The goal is to have 18 million domestic tourists by 2020.<\/p>\n

* \u00a0 The Wine & Spirits Board has <\/span>revised its definition of premium brandy<\/strong>,<\/a> following legislation to this effect. \u00a0The legislation dictates how vintage and potstill brandies are made. Vintage brandies must be matured in oak casks of maximum 340 litres for eight years or more,while potstill brandy must contain 100% potstill brandy, previously up to 10% unmatured wine spirit having been allowed. \u00a0 Our country’s brandy industry is worth R3,5 billion per annum. \u00a0The changes were introduced as brandies compete directly with single malt whisky and cognac.<\/span><\/div>\n
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* \u00a0 The Original Deli and Wine Bar in Hermanus<\/strong><\/span><\/a> is screening the movie ‘Casablanca<\/em>‘ on Friday 29 August at 1800, and ‘The Songbirds’<\/em> on Saturday 30 August at 19h00.<\/p>\n

* \u00a0 Barista Chardonnay 2013 has been launched by Vinimark The Wine People, to complement its Barista Pinotage, which it launched in 2009. \u00a0(received via media release from Hazell PR & Wine Consultants)<\/p>\n

* \u00a0 Craig Actually Smith is one of the artists whose work will be exhibited at Luvey ‘n Rose’s new premises on Loop Street on First Thursday (4 September), from 17h00 onwards.<\/p>\n

* \u00a0 Bombay Brasserie at Taj Cape Town is paying tribute to the chili fruit with its ‘Bombay Brasserie Spring Chilli<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/em> (sic) Festival’<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/a> during September. \u00a0Its Chef Harpreet Longani will offer a 4-course meal consisting of vegetarian as well as meat dishes. \u00a0Each course will be paired with a craft beer. Cost is R495, and beers are extra.<\/p>\n

Chris von Ulmenstein, Whale Cottage Portfolio:\u00a0<\/span>www.whalecottage.com\u00a0<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n

Twitter<\/strong>:\u00a0@WhaleCottage<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0Facebook<\/strong>: \u00a0click here<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Tourism, Food, and Wine news headlines * \u00a0SA Tourism will spend R100 million to market our country\u00a0domestically, Tourism Minister Derek Hanekom has announced. \u00a0The domestic campaign ‘Nothing’s more fun than a Sho’t Left’\u00a0communicate that local travel is fun and economical. \u00a0Local tourists spent R24 billion last year. The goal is to have 18 million domestic […]<\/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":[20517,25543,3,124,1918,266,75,20,22,21,13915,19],"tags":[27357,9788,27358,26687,26654,27356,24108,1480,24572,30,32377,2308,18783,27353,27354,22985,27352,910,1823,27355,5,3427,32373,10,32402,365,27351],"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