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Old Mutual Trophy Wine Show seeks the best for the tenth year
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Judging for the 2011 Old Mutual Trophy Wine Show competition took place at Grande
Roche in Paarl from 9 to 12 May. Nine panellists, working in groups of three and
including one international judge on every three person panel, made their way
through the 1 062 submissions from 225 producers.
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There's nothing like the Hunter wine country
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Graham Howe visits Hunter Valley wine country, the birthplace of wine tourism
in Australia while attending the Australian Tourism Exchange in Sydney in April.
He wrote about it for the South African Wine website.
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SA's Simon wins 2nd European event
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South African golfer Ashleigh Simon shot a final round five under par
67 to win her second Ladies European Tour (LET) event by three shots
on Sunday in the ISPS Handa Portugal Ladies Open in Campo Real.
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World Golf Hall of Fame inducts six new members
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Six new members were inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame on Monday
night during a ceremony in St. Augustine, Fla. The 2011 Class includes
Ernie Els, former President George H.W. Bush, Doug Ford and Japanese star
Jumbo Ozaki, along with two posthumous inductees, Frank Chirkinian and
Jock Hutchinson.
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Matuba wine available on Wineweb
Matuba offers the finest wines from the heart of the Cape Winelands. You can also buy our wine online by looking it up on Wineweb, selecting your favourite and making your purchase.
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The results of the Old Mutual Trophy Wine Show will be announced in Cape Town on 1 June and the countrywide roadshow will follow immediately until 15 June 2011. Public tastings in Cape Town and Johannesburg take place at the CTICC on Thursday 9 June and Sandton Sun on Friday 10 June.
Book your place now at Computicket. Tickets are R100 if purchased by 5 June or R120 thereafter or at the door.
Visit the Old Mutual Trophy Wine Show website for further information and historical statistics. The 2011 results will be available on the website from 15h30 on Wednesday 1 June.
Cheers,
Matuba
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Did you know?
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Fast facts on politics
- The length from your wrist to your elbow is the same as the length of your foot.
- olivia holds the highest turnover of governments. Since their independence from Spain in 1825, Bolivia has had almost 200 governments. Since 1945, Italy saw more than 50 governments and more than 20 Prime Ministers.
- India is the world's largest democracy with more than 700 million registered voters.
- The system of democracy was introduced 2 500 years ago in Athens, Greece.
- The youngest active system of governance is communism, which was introduced in 1848 by Friedrich Engels and Karl Marx.
- The oldest existing governing body operates in Althing in Iceland. It was established in 930 AD.
- David "Screaming Lord Sutch", as leader of the Monster Raving Loony Party, was Britain's longest serving party leader until he hung himself in June 1999.
- Although the United States of America was established in 1776 the first American president ever to visited Europe while in office was Woodrow Wilson in 1918.
- Victoria Woodhull (1838-1927) was the first woman to run for office of US President. She and her sister were the first women to run a Wall Street brokerage (1870).
- The United Nations organization (UN) was founded in 1945.
- The Organization of American States (OAS) was founded in 1948 to promote peace, security and the economical development of the western hemisphere.
- The European Union was founded in 1957 as the European Economic Community. It then became the EC (European Community) and in 1993 the EU (European Union).
More trivia at: DidYouKnow.org.
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