{"id":64285,"date":"2014-11-30T16:02:52","date_gmt":"2014-11-30T14:02:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whalecottage.com\/blog\/?p=64285"},"modified":"2014-11-30T16:02:52","modified_gmt":"2014-11-30T14:02:52","slug":"whaletales-tourism-food-and-wine-news-headlines-2930-november","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chrisvonulmenstein.com\/blog\/cape-town\/whaletales-tourism-food-and-wine-news-headlines-2930-november\/","title":{"rendered":"WhaleTales Tourism, Food, and Wine news headlines: 29\/30 November"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

* \u00a0 The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has introduced a customer protection program<\/strong> <\/span><\/a>to allow stranded passengers\u00a0flying to or from or within Europe to be guaranteed a flight back home in the case of the airline going bankrupt.<\/p>\n

* \u00a0 The best-selling red wine in Sweden is South Africa’s Umbala<\/strong><\/span><\/a>, a Cabernet Sauvignon, Shiraz, and Pinotage blend from Mare Magnum, while Zumbali Chenin Blanc box wine is a top seller too, reports Euromonitor International. The country’s wine sale grew by 2% last year, and value is important to Swedish wine drinkers. \u00a0By 2018 wine sales are expected to grow by 6%.<\/p>\n

* \u00a0 Two former South Africans and rugby players for Ulster, Ruan Pienaar and Robbie Diack, <\/span>have launched Ballybosch<\/strong><\/a> Sauvignon Blanc and a non-vintage Ballybosch Red Blend of Malbec, Shiraz, and Cabernet Sauvignon in Northern Ireland, with Stellenbosch grapes. \u00a0There is a family link to Brenaissance in Stellenbosch.<\/span><\/p>\n

* \u00a0 J.C. le Roux is offering complimentary hand-made nougat when 2 bottles or more of JC le Roux\u00a0M\u00e9thode Cap Classique, J.C. Le Roux La Vall\u00e9e, or La Vall\u00e9e Ros\u00e9 are bought at The House of JC le Roux tasting centre. (received via media release from GC Communications)<\/p>\n

* \u00a0 Fleur du Cap Unfiltered wines have updated their labels, the first change having been made to its Fleur du Cap Unfiltered Sauvignon Blanc 2014. \u00a0The new label design features a ‘gold emblazoned cartouche that depicts the rich biodiversity of the Cape Floral Kingdom. Table Mountain and a carpet of vineyards are framed by an intricate tableau of birds, flowers, monkeys and insects. Even Bac0chus, the god of wine, makes an appearance in this Garden of Eden<\/em>‘. \u00a0(received via media release from GC Communications)<\/p>\n

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

Tourism, Food, and Wine news headlines * \u00a0 The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has introduced a customer protection program to allow stranded passengers\u00a0flying to or from or within Europe to be guaranteed a flight back home in the case of the airline going bankrupt. * \u00a0 The best-selling red wine in Sweden is South […]<\/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":[3,124,266,20,31,22,21,19],"tags":[29069,29064,17160,29072,32378,29060,29065,4269,30,29071,19836,1080,16060,2827,29062,29068,29067,2473,4,29070,5,29066,29061,32373,10,365,29063],"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