{"id":68475,"date":"2015-05-21T16:13:35","date_gmt":"2015-05-21T14:13:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whalecottage.com\/blog\/?p=68475"},"modified":"2015-05-21T16:37:43","modified_gmt":"2015-05-21T14:37:43","slug":"whaletales-tourism-food-and-wine-news-headlines-21-may-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chrisvonulmenstein.com\/blog\/cape-town\/whaletales-tourism-food-and-wine-news-headlines-21-may-2\/","title":{"rendered":"WhaleTales Tourism, Food, and Wine news headlines: 21 May"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

* \u00a0 Daniel ‘Harry Potter’ Radcliffe was spotted climbing Table Mountain<\/strong><\/span><\/a> yesterday. \u00a0He is in Cape Town for the filming of ‘Game Changer’.<\/em><\/p>\n

* \u00a0 Lion’s Head is closed to hikers<\/a>,<\/strong><\/span> due to a rockfall, but Table Mountain National Park is hoping to re-open it in time for the weekend.<\/p>\n

* \u00a0 Cape Vintner Classification will be launched officially at the London Wine Fair<\/strong><\/span><\/a>\u00a0this week, to counter the image of our country’s wines as ‘cheap and cheerful<\/em>‘. \u00a0The Classification will represent the 80% of brands that make up 10% of our wine export volume, and will market quality local wines first, and brands second. \u00a0Criteria are that the wine estate grows its own grapes and makes its own wines. To date 22 wine estates have been approved for membership, including Vergelegen, Rust en Vrede, Morgenster, Groot Constantia, and Hamilton Russell Vineyards.<\/p>\n

* \u00a0 Kirstenbosch National Botanical \u00a0Garden won a Silver Gilt Award at the Chelsea Flower Show<\/strong><\/span><\/a>, despite not all its plants making it to the show on time. Due to a new international convention on the transport of plants, some of the plants did not make it out of British customs. \u00a0A number of other exhibitors lent the stand some of their plants, to fill the gaps.<\/p>\n

* \u00a0 The Oranjezicht City Farm Market will move from Leeuwenhof<\/strong><\/span><\/a>, Premier Helen Zille’s official residence, to Granger Bay near the Lookout Centre in the V&A Waterfront, for the whole winter, from\u00a06 June.<\/p>\n

* \u00a0 Anthonij Rupert Wine Estate is offering two new tasting experiences: In its Terra del Capo Tasting Room, an Italian Cheese and Wine Tasting will inform about the local and imported cheeses and the Terra del Capo wines tasted, costing R60. \u00a0A Tea Tasting is offered in the Anthonij Rupert Tasting Room, a Premier Grand Cru Prestige Teas from TWG Luxury Tea Company or Rooibos Tea tasting is offered to accompany the High Tea, at R30. (received via media release from On the Marque PR and Communications)<\/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 Daniel ‘Harry Potter’ Radcliffe was spotted climbing Table Mountain yesterday. \u00a0He is in Cape Town for the filming of ‘Game Changer’. * \u00a0 Lion’s Head is closed to hikers, due to a rockfall, but Table Mountain National Park is hoping to re-open it in time for the […]<\/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":[3,1918,266,528,22,21,19],"tags":[19818,31004,31008,12212,32378,31003,30,9062,1393,1958,16700,186,31005,88,7413,21214,406,30230,19421,31006,6534,34,4,6994,5,31007,32393,374,32373,10,365],"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