{"id":67311,"date":"2015-04-13T20:23:51","date_gmt":"2015-04-13T18:23:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whalecottage.com\/blog\/?p=67311"},"modified":"2015-04-13T22:30:05","modified_gmt":"2015-04-13T20:30:05","slug":"whaletales-tourism-food-and-wine-news-headlines-13-april","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chrisvonulmenstein.com\/blog\/cape-town\/whaletales-tourism-food-and-wine-news-headlines-13-april\/","title":{"rendered":"WhaleTales Tourism, Food, and Wine news headlines: 13 April"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

* \u00a0 The crayfish season closed at the end of \u00a0the Easter weekend, kicking off an educational campaign by the City of Cape Town’s Marine and Environmental Law Enforcement Unit to promote compliance with the Marine Living Resources Act.<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>The seaworthiness of boats and certification of skippers was also checked, as was the minimum size and quantity of rock lobster caught.<\/p>\n

* \u00a0 The first ever export of Pinotage grapes from our country to the USA<\/strong><\/span><\/a> has arrived, sold into the market by suppliers Gino Pinto Inc. \u00a0The grape shipment has sold out.<\/p>\n

* \u00a0 SA Tourism and National Geographic Channel have teamed up to create a video reflecting the life of the late Nelson Mandela,<\/strong><\/span><\/a> with photographer Pablo Corral Vega visiting Qunu, and Robben Island, amongst others \u00a0 The film will be aired on the Channel in the USA, South America, Europe, and Asia.<\/p>\n

* \u00a0 Passengers and tour operators in other African countries are angry<\/strong> <\/span><\/a>about the new visa regulation for travel to or via Johannesburg, given its cost and the inconvenience of applying for it. \u00a0Their reaction signals a threat to Johannesburg as the travel hub for Africa, especially as African countries have agreed to make travel on the continent as easy as possible.<\/p>\n

* \u00a0 Tutored Tastings of 12 wines paired with canap\u00e9s will be held by Bouchard Finalyson Cellar Master Peter Finlayson. \u00a0Tomorrow it will be offered at Hildebrand\u00a0Ristorante, on 17 June in Stellenbosch, on 23 June in Hermanus at the wine estate’s cellar in the Hemel-en-Aarde Valley, and on 4 November in Cape Town again. Cost R250. (received via media release from FIVESTAR PR).<\/p>\n

Chris von Ulmenstein, Whale Cottage Portfolio:\u00a0www.whalecottage.com<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0 Tel (021) 433-2100, Twitter:@WhaleCottage \u00a0Facebook: \u00a0<\/strong>click here<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Tourism, Food, and Wine news headlines * \u00a0 The crayfish season closed at the end of \u00a0the Easter weekend, kicking off an educational campaign by the City of Cape Town’s Marine and Environmental Law Enforcement Unit to promote compliance with the Marine Living Resources Act.\u00a0The seaworthiness of boats and certification of skippers was also checked, […]<\/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":[3,124,1918,266,75,20,31,27980,22,21,19],"tags":[2158,3715,2506,26458,257,30526,19642,30,30528,2501,16051,30438,99,30527,11637,30529,32392,30524,11045,426,12383,87,910,5,30525,29971,32373,10,365],"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