{"id":68554,"date":"2015-05-26T17:59:23","date_gmt":"2015-05-26T15:59:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whalecottage.com\/blog\/?p=68554"},"modified":"2015-05-26T17:59:23","modified_gmt":"2015-05-26T15:59:23","slug":"whaletales-tourism-food-and-wine-news-headlines-26-may-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chrisvonulmenstein.com\/blog\/cape-town\/whaletales-tourism-food-and-wine-news-headlines-26-may-2\/","title":{"rendered":"WhaleTales Tourism, Food, and Wine news headlines: 26 May"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

* \u00a0 Label design can make an important impact on the purchase of a bottle of wine<\/strong><\/span><\/a>, argues the Wall Street Journal<\/strong>, as can a comedy play on wine brand names for ‘much cheaper wines<\/em>‘, mentioning Fairview’s Goats do Roam, based on C\u00f4tes du Rh\u00f4ne!<\/p>\n

* \u00a0 The Tasting Room at Le Quartier Fran\u00e7ais has dropped to 88th spot<\/strong><\/a> on the World’s 50 Best Restaurants list, the 51 – 100 ranking having been released today, ahead of the Gala awards function on 1 June.<\/p>\n

* \u00a0 Nederburg winemaker for the past 15 years, Razvan Macici, is to take on the\u00a0role of Distell’s head winemaker<\/strong><\/span><\/a>\u00a0as of 1 July, a new position, to oversee the\u00a0style and quality of the\u00a0company’s total wine portfolio, driving innovation, and acting as the ambassador for the company’s portfolio of wines. \u00a0Andrea Freeborough, currently head of Die Bergkelder, will take over Macici’s job at Nederburg. \u00a0Wim Truter\u00a0will take on\u00a0Freeborough’s job at Die Bergkelder.<\/p>\n

* \u00a0Baron Stephan von Neipperg has bought a share in Capaia<\/strong><\/span><\/a> in Philadelphia. The baron owns wine estates Ch\u00e2teau Canon la Gaffeli\u00e8re and La Mondotte in Saint Emilion.<\/p>\n

* \u00a0Three South African wine estates participated in the Artisan Wine Fair London (RAW Fair)<\/a>, <\/strong><\/span>representing natural, organic, and biodynamic wines: Intellego Wines, Testalonga Wines, and Ezibusisweni Wines (owned by Farmer Angus in Stellenbosch).<\/p>\n

* \u00a0 Relais & Ch\u00e2teaux recently celebrated its 60th anniversary as an association of small quality hotels. Our country has eleven properties, out of 530 globally, including Delaire Graff Lodges & Spa, the McGrath Collection of hotels in Constantia, Hermanus, and Plettenberg Bay, Ellerman House, and Bushmans Kloof, reports\u00a0Hotel and Restaurant.<\/strong><\/p>\n

* \u00a0 The International Air Transport Association (IATA) is developing a service which will allow travel agents globally, to check if customer data is flagged regarding prior air ticket fraud, reports Travel News Weekly.<\/strong><\/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 Label design can make an important impact on the purchase of a bottle of wine, argues the Wall Street Journal, as can a comedy play on wine brand names for ‘much cheaper wines‘, mentioning Fairview’s Goats do Roam, based on C\u00f4tes du Rh\u00f4ne! * \u00a0 The Tasting […]<\/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":[7,26536,3,124,266,20,22,21,19],"tags":[31064,31059,31055,2218,31056,31057,31058,32378,32391,31066,1736,2229,31062,270,14098,30,10636,32377,1080,31061,16060,31065,549,3068,32390,31060,27993,31063,1362,5,206,294,32373,10,365,11136],"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