{"id":62361,"date":"2014-10-08T17:31:13","date_gmt":"2014-10-08T15:31:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whalecottage.com\/blog\/?p=62361"},"modified":"2014-10-08T17:31:13","modified_gmt":"2014-10-08T15:31:13","slug":"whaletales-tourism-food-and-wine-news-headlines-78-october","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chrisvonulmenstein.com\/blog\/cape-town\/whaletales-tourism-food-and-wine-news-headlines-78-october\/","title":{"rendered":"WhaleTales Tourism, Food, and Wine news headlines: 7\/8 October"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

* \u00a0 SAB Miller is looking to open up the image of beer<\/strong><\/span><\/a> from just being a sportlovers’ drink to one that is enjoyed by women, and can be served paired with foods. \u00a0They are looking to coffee marketing, which has seen a ‘one-dimensional drink<\/em>‘ transformed into a multi-faceted beverage. The company owns world beer brands such as Peroni, Grolsch, Coors Light, and Miller.<\/p>\n

* \u00a0 Concern is being expressed about the viability of eleven new hotels which are planned to be built in Cape Town<\/strong><\/span><\/a> in the next four years, adding another 2000 rooms of 3-star quality in the main. \u00a0Seven of the hotels are planned to be built within a 10 km radius of the Cape Town International Convention Centre. \u00a0Cape Town has about 11700 hotel rooms currently. \u00a0The new hotel openings could further worsen winter seasonality in the city!<\/p>\n

* \u00a0 Chef Michael Broughton from Terroir on the Kleine Zalze wine estate is celebrating the restaurant’s 10th anniversary with the launch of his book simply called ‘<\/span>Terroir: The Cookbook’<\/em>. \u00a0The book shares how to cook restaurant food at home, and tells the story of the restaurant’s history. \u00a0(received via media release from Manley Communications)<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
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* \u00a0 The Table Mountain Aerial Cableway Company celebrated its 85th anniversary<\/strong><\/span><\/a> last weekend, Cape Town’s most high profile tourist attraction.<\/div>\n

* \u00a0 Richard Duckitt, winemaker at DGB’s Franschhoek Cellar<\/strong><\/span><\/a>, is featured in The Drinks Business<\/strong>, focusing on his views about Sauvignon Blanc. \u00a0He sees a local trend to the wines showing more passion fruit, gooseberry, and tropical fruit, away from overly green styles. \u00a0A balance between the two styles is ideal, he believes.<\/p>\n

* \u00a0 Grande Provence is hosting the Italian fashion brand MaxMara Summer 2015 collection on 15 November, with a three course dinner paired with Grand Provence wines. Cost R1000, with part of the proceeds going to the Out of Africa Children’s Foundation. (received via media release from GC Communications)<\/p>\n

\u00a0Chris von Ulmenstein, Whale Cottage Portfolio:\u00a0www.whalecottage.com<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0 Tel (021) 433-2100. \u00a0Twitter:@WhaleCottage Facebook: \u00a0<\/strong>click here<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Tourism, Food, and Wine news headlines * \u00a0 SAB Miller is looking to open up the image of beer from just being a sportlovers’ drink to one that is enjoyed by women, and can be served paired with foods. \u00a0They are looking to coffee marketing, which has seen a ‘one-dimensional drink‘ transformed into a multi-faceted […]<\/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":[7,11198,3,124,1253,1918,266,20,31,22,516,21,19,293],"tags":[28186,2003,27777,256,26438,22546,28184,9379,30,2712,19836,140,4356,27,8154,28188,4099,28185,28189,3866,252,28187,28183,422,447,1556,5,32373,10,365],"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