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the company of wine peopleTM is one of South Africa's top wine producers and exporters. Its core brands include Kumkani - the king of South African wines; Thandi, the world's first Fairtrade accredited wine; handcrafted Welmoed; unconventional Versus and export success Arniston Bay. With a winemaking team headed by Nicky Versfeld, the company prides itself on providing wines of excellence for every drinking occasion. Please visit www.thecompanyofwinepeople.co.za for more information.
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| Arniston Bay Sponsors first SA Food Bloggers Conference |
| 08 March 2010 by Kisha van Vuuren |
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| In the past, people relied mainly on traditional media to gain access to a vast array of topics. |
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The worldwide blogosphere has revolutionised the way we communicate and has opened up channels for debate, news, entertainment and general socialising. Blogs offer a more personal communication and interaction with the blog (information portal) and its consumer.
Arniston Bay wines will be sponsoring this event and will afford food bloggers the opportunity to taste the wines and best decide which of the wines to pair their foods with.
"We are proud to be sponsoring our easy-drinking, lifestyle wine for this occasion. It aligns perfectly with our brand essence." Guests attending the food bloggers conference will have the opportunity to sample relaxation at its best with the Arniston Bay varietals such as the Sparkling Rosé, Charmat, Chenin Blanc Chardonnay, Cabernet Merlot, Shiraz Pinotage and the Pinotage Rosé.
"We are very excited to introduce the full range of Arniston Bay wines to the food bloggers and are hoping that the success of the conference will be extended to Johannesburg and Cape Town, although cyber space may have no limits having an actual event for the bloggers to attend is a great way for them to extend their knowledge and get to meet their fellow bloggers," says the company of wine peoplesTM's Executive Director of Sales and Marketing, Chris O'Shea.
South Africa has seen a remarkable usage increase in the local blogosphere, with the number of active blogs increasing from 600 in December 2006 to 3789 a year later in December 2007. These statistics are a result of a 2008/2009 survey of Online Media in South Africa, conducted by media researcher and commentator, Arthur Goldstuck of World Wide Worx and the Online Publishers Association.
With South African Internet services set to expand, consumers are set to have more connectivity choice than ever before. South Africa's Internet population is expected to grow as much in the next five years as it has in the 15 years since the Internet became commercially available in South Africa, according to the latest World Wide Worx Internet Access in South Africa 2008 report.
The increased growth rate is expected to continue for the next five years, taking the Internet user population to the 9-million mark by 2014. These statistics will have a direct effect on how prevalent blogging is in South Africa and how it will continue to grow year-on-year, Food24 is SAs' biggest online food community and will be using this conference as an opportunity to meet their sometimes anonymous members and offer advice on how to make a blog successful.
The first food bloggers conference will be taking place on Sunday 21 March in Cape Town at the Giggling Gourmet's Cooks Playground. The conference will include talks by guest speakers such as; award-winning blogger Jeanne Horak-Druiff, the talented food styler Nina Timm, Editor-in-chief of Women24, Food24 and Parent24 Sam Wilson and professional book editor and author of the blog Scruptuous SA Jane-Anne Hobbs.
Tickets to the conference are R430 per person.
Visit http://sa-food-blogging-conference.blogspot.com/ for more information.
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