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...European recipe. If all that food has made you thirsty, head for the wine district east of Cape Town and sample vintages made from the national grape pinotage - a cross between Pinot Noir and Hermitage - or a delicious tipple from one of the newer plantings of sauvignon blanc or shiraz. Or try a shot of the fiery fruit liqueur mampoer, also called witblitz. End your meal with a cup of rooibos tea, a popular herbal brew with no caffeine, low tannin and, reputedly, medicinal properties especially helpful for soothing babies...
...type of grape matters. Though South Africa's pinotage grape handles the rigors of air travel well, Pinot Noir varietals are not considered high flyers. "But Australian Shiraz is no trouble at all," says Charles Grossrieder, catering services manager at Cathay Pacific, which serves first-class passengers Taylors St. Andrew Shiraz 1999, among others. And though we're used to thinking of champagne as delicate, it's often the least of an airline's beverage problems. Apart from a few labels, it's rarely spoiled by travel, and Cathay Pacific has no problems dispatching some of the finest bubbly available...
...rustic restaurant and camel museum; click on cameltours.com.au for more info. The menu features excellent kangaroo sausage and bush tomato pesto, along with a selection of camel cuts. Despite my growing affection for the ungainly beasts, I must admit that smoked camel goes down well with a fine Australian Shiraz...
...money and are easier to understand. Total wine exports from Australia jumped from $98.7 million in 1990 to $1.01 billion in 2001, powered by favorable exchange rates and strong brand marketing. Like U.S. winemakers, the Australians sell wines that are easily identifiable by the grape they are made from--Shiraz, Sauvignon Blanc--as opposed to the confusing geographical classifications of French wines. "Brands are the key," says David Scotland, president of Allied Domecq's wine division. "New technologies have improved winemaking...the consistency of style builds trust and thus brand equity." Consider Orlando Wyndham's Jacob's Creek brands, which...
...Shiraz Allibhai, the managing director of ArchNet, said he hopes the site will succeed in fostering input from its users in the developing Islamic world...