A fortified wine

EVERINTEC’S Oenologist, Giovanni Branca, (Sales Technical support) visited the Cape Town branch for a week during August 2013.
The purpose of Giovanni’s visit was to give extra strength to the CJP Wine team on the technical and sales front via an intensive 5-day training program. The focus of the training was on Ever Intec’s speciality products.
A well-equipped Wine Team is looking forward to the 2014 Wine harvest – watch this space!

CELEBRATING SOMETHING SPECIAL IN 2013?

Book a flexible duration stay in a soloSicily self-catering villa

Looking for somewhere special for a big group celebration but reluctant to commit to a full week? Villa specialist soloSicily has a selection of properties that are ideal for large parties and available for flexible short stays.

-           Between the city and the sea: The 8-bedroom villa Olivetana is in a great location for a short break, less than half-an-hour from Palermo airport, a short drive to Palermo city centre and just a five minute drive to the lively Mondello beach resort.  The Sicily villa is located in an elegant residential area less than one kilometre from the bars, night clubs and restaurants at Sferracavallo and Mondello, tailor made for anyone in the group looking to party the night away.

Perfect for celebration breaks, the villa has a large table indoors and out for entertaining and offers a personal chef service.  A four-night break at Olivetana with www.soloSicily.com starts at £1935 (sleeps 16) in May.

-         Vineyard stay: Stay on a working winery in western Sicily and enjoy a wine holiday with a group of friends (enough space to accommodate 14), with independent accommodation and without the restriction of daily organised tours and excursions.  Find out about wine-making during a stay at Cantine Virzì, a working winery on the Spadafora estate which is situated on the famous 'Strade del Vino'.  Enjoy visiting some of Sicily’s greatest treasures including the Greek ruins at Selinunte and Segesta and the magnificent Norman cathedral at Monreale. Alternatively, continue the wine-making theme with a trip to Marsala and specifically the Cantine Florio.

Stay in a one-bedroom apartment, with views over the vineyards and shared use of a large pool and dine together in the restaurant. Prices start at £115 per apartment per day (accommodation only) with www.soloSicily.com. Return flights Luton-Trapani (48 miles) from around £80 per person.

-         Aristocratic estate:  Villa Barresa is the archetypical old-style aristocratic villa, set in the midst of a vast citrus plantation in the province of Syracuse in eastern Sicily.   Indoors, there are several living and sitting-rooms but it is ultimately the magnificent tropical plant and palm tree-filled garden that differentiates this villa.  Additional services on offer include daily cleaning and an optional chef service which allow you to sit by the pool or under the cool of the covered gazebo or terrace and drink in the atmosphere while someone else sees tidies up and whips up gourmet meals for you. 

A four-night stay at Barresa starts at £2095 (sleeps 12) in May with www.soloSicily.com.  Return flights to Catania airport (30 kms) with Easyjet or BA.

soloSicily (www.soloSicily.com, tel. 020 7097 1413) offers accommodation in apartments and villas throughout inland and coastal Sicily.

SoloSicily

More information to SoloSicily, travel agency in Sicily (Italy) specialized by luxury villas, wedding in Sicily, ad rent holidays in Sicily:

• SoloSicily @ Zimbio
• Solosicily September fest
• Cous Cous fest @ SoloSicily.com
• Eastern in Burgio @ SoloSicily.com
• Solosicily in Paradizo luxury villas in sicily

GREAT FAMILY HALF-TERM BREAKS IN SICILY

With around six hours of sunshine a day and temperatures just tipping the early 20’s, October half-term is a great time to enjoy some of the activities and cultural attractions on offer in Sicily.  Book a self-catering villa in Sicily a well-chosen location and you can combine a beach, city and countryside holiday in one.

Free horse-riding in western Sicily:  Book a stay at soloSicily's luxurious 4-bedroom Il Poggio and horse-lovers in the group can explore the surrounding woods on horse-back whenever they want, at no extra cost.  The fully-equipped stables adjacent to the villa are home to eight horses.

For non-riding guests, the villa has a lovely garden and pool area with views over the hills around Palermo and is in an excellent location for sightseeing and beach trips. Visit the nearby lively Mondello beach resort, lined with cafés and restaurants, wander through the vibrant street markets in Palermo and take a trip to nearby Monreale, home to the last and most beautiful of the Norman churches built in Sicily.

A week at Il Poggio at October half-term costs from £2695 (sleeps 8), including free horse-riding, with www.soloSicily.com.

Hiking and mountain-biking:  Follow well-trodden hiking routes through the Madonie Mountains or spend a day at the Parco Avventura Madonie, where rope climbs, assault courses and mountain biking (bikes and helmets provided) are on offer at an adventure playground in the woods. 

Stay at Ai Mulini, an 18^th farmhouse with pool, near the village of Polizzi Generosa, best known for its remarkable assortment of 33 ancient churches.   Take time out to visit other nearby hill-top villages, such as Gangi, Geraci Siculo and Petralia Soprana with their cobbled streets, castles, palaces and Baroque and Norman churches and if you need to feel the sand between your toes for one more time this year, the villa is just over an hour’s drive to Cefalù on the coast.

One week at Ai Mulini at half-term starts at £1140 (sleeps 8) with www.soloSicily.com.

soloSicily features accommodation in apartments, villas and boutique hotels throughout inland and coastal Sicily.  For further information, please visit www.solosicily.com, tel. 020 7193 0158.

BIG SUMMER SAVINGS IN SICILY

If you have finally given up any hope of a long hot summer in the UK and are itching to hop on the next plane to sunnier climes, Sicily villa specialist, soloSicily, is offering big savings as well as under-occupancy rates on a selection of coastal and rural villas in July and August.

Sample properties – all prices are for the school holiday period mid-July to end of August:

Mountain cool:  Enjoy fresh mountain air and clear blue skies at Ai Mulini, an 18^th century farmhouse with pool, set amongst the rugged cliffs and hidden villages of the Madonie Mountains.  The farmhouse is just outside the village of Polizzi Generosa and near to Gangi, Geraci Siculo and Petralia Soprana with their cobbled streets, castles, palaces and Baroque and Norman churches.

One week starts at £1700 (sleeps 8), reduced from £1900.

Eco-friendly: Save a massive £800 per week thanks to an introductory offer at Casalnuovo, an eco-friendly 8-bedroom house (sleeps 15), overlooking the bay of Tindari and the Aeolian Islands in north east Sicily.  This new addition to the soloSicily portfolio is situated on a 15-acre organic estate with olive groves, fruit and almond trees and magnificent views of rolling Sicilian countryside.  The villa has a pool and games room - complete with pool table, table football and table tennis.

One week starts at £4500 (reduced from £5310) for full-occupancy (sleeps 15) or at £3555 (sleeps 7).

Family favourite: Mariuccia is a five-bedroom property with a large pool, billiard room and table-tennis, in the heart of the Sicilian countryside and just a short drive from the white sandy beach at Sciacca in the south of the island.

One week starts at £3670 (reduced from £4195) for full-occupancy (sleeps 10) or at £2630 (reduced from £3150) for a party of 6.

soloSicily offers accommodation in apartments, villas and boutique hotels throughout inland and coastal Sicily.  For further information, visit www.soloSicily.com or tel. 020 7193 0158. 

SoloSicily holidays in Sicily

SoloSicily are an importan Italian travel agency specialized to rent holidays in Sicily Italy.

Our philosophy is to offer you tailor-made Sicilian holidays that go beyond mass market tourism and into the magnificent aristocratic estates that are an intrinsic element of this enchanting island.
At soloSicily, we have selected the most elegant villas, charming country houses and stylish boutique hotels throughout rural and coastal Sicily, which means an unforgettable stay wherever you choose. We all know our properties inside-out which means that we can deliver honest, reliable advice on the right property for your party and build in additional services to meet your specific needs. We’re also a wealth of information when it comes to best beaches and local villages, colourful festivals and off-the-beaten track restaurants.
Clear and accurate information is provided on all properties which are rigorously checked to ensure the highest standards at all times. Of course, nothing speaks louder than a picture and each property description is supported by a large number of internal and external photos to show you exactly what you’re booking.
Throughout your stay, in addition to a Palermo-based call centre, assistance and support are provided by local managers who are available to provide information, make arrangements and discuss issues that may occur during your holiday.

Limousine service Venice

In Italy, in Venice, Florence, Rome and Milan Blitz Exclusive offers its customers the service of rental limousine service for all your needs in luxury car. For more info contacts us!

Fly to Italy with Meridiana-Eurofly!

Meridiana-Eurofly launched an extraordinary promotion to fly in Italy. Many as 6.000 seats to Florence from London Gatwick, 6.000 from Amsterdam and 1250 seats to Milan Malpensa from Cairo.
Fares are very interesting:

London Lgw – Florence from 61 £ (One Way per person, all inclusive)

Amsterdam – Florence from 74 € (One Way per person, all inclusive)

Cairo – Milano Mxp from 240 € (One Way per person, all inclusive).

This offer is available for purchases from September 22 to November 15, 2009, to fly until March 15, 2010.

For those who don't want to compromise on comfort, 1.200 seats to fly to Florence in Business Class:

London Lgw – Florence from 352 £ (Round Trip per person, all inclusive)

This offer is available until October 24, 2009.

Good flight from Meridiana-Eurofly!

Offers Easter 2009 holidays in Sardinia Italy

Easter 2009 is coming, the lovely bridge that begin April 11 and ends on the day of Easter Monday, April 13, will be perfect and will enjoy the excellent climate that already in these days we are welcome in Italy.
The most popular destination in Italy is always Sardinia, for lovers of sea, sun and beaches.
During the weekend Easter events are many folk who can be found.
Easter is a deeply felt, in all the villages in the South of Sardinia, in particular, there are many events that recall the Passion of Christ.
In Cagliari for the Easter weekend you can not miss the Procession of the Mysteries, celebration beginning on Friday before Palm Sunday.
Since now you can book a low cost flight with Ryanair and EasyJet, which connect the airport of Cagliari with a lot of Italian airports truly exceptional prices.
We raccomanded a excellent hotel near Cagliari Airport: HOTEL FLAMINGO RESORT.
This is offer Easter 2009 Hotel Flamingo Resort: different packages offere starting with one night's stay until the package of three nights stay.

Premiere Vintage Workshop(R) – Region Marche

Première Vintage Workshop^® – Region Marche

Vintage Workshop has already been organized for some seasons even on demand by Fashion Houses, Styling Offices, accessories and semi-row materials manufactures that produce items finalized to the Textile/Clothing sector. The show consists in a sort of show-room exhibition with sale of vintage accessories that are combined with factories' samples (for instance leathers, metal ware, textiles etc.) produced by the host factory so that customers (designers, product managers) can also visualize some possible creative applications by means of the vintage accessories on show. For the shoe makers sector in the Marche Region, a Vintage Workshop has been imagined as a great effort for those designers and fashion producers willing to improve, experience and test new inspirations taken from the rarest and most exclusive shoes, belts and purses of the past.

So, the first Vintage Workshop® Marche - Shoes & Bags - will be held in Porto S. Elpidio, at the showroom "VEP Pellami", well known Company world over for the assessment, production and distribution of the best leathers aimed at the manufacturing of both shoes and fancy leather items, specialized in the research and development of materials, colours and modern finishing in permanent contact and co-operation with shoe and purses designers as well as fashion leatherwear product managers.

What can we say more than this? That your are all complimentary invited next March 27th or 28th by Vep at the seaside!!

(a further detailed press release dedicated to this event will follow around mid March)
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Vintage de-Luxe: Luxury & Yachts 2009, International Luxury Fair Exhibition in Vicenza, Italy

Luxury & Yachts 2009, 7th ed. for the International Luxury Fair Exhibition in Vicenza with a new luxury Vintage area.

After the great success of the Vintage at top quality stands, which entered the Luxury sector first time ever last year, the new venue planned for next March 6 to 8 and from March 13 to 15, will host for the second time the group of Vintage hunters and collectors who promise to strike again both visitors and press. Luxury Vintage will be situated at Pavilion G, booth G08, just in front of the VIP Lounge ;-)

The new challenge will be to surprise and go over any expectations by exhibiting the rarest period accessories and unique vintage items, Jewelry and art pieces in a mix between art, design and fashion.

For the most important anticipations, invitations and further info, visit: http://vintagevents.blogspot.com/2009/02/luxury-yachts-2009-il-vintage-del-lusso.html

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Vintage Workshop(R) Milano from March 2 to 4 2009

Vintage pro-fashionable events in Italy

Spring/Summer 2010 Collections Issue

www.vintagevents.blogspot.com

(visit the blog here above or read the Italics further below for English text and images)

Vintage Workshop^® will soon be back in Milano

from March 2 to 4 2009

After the great success of the 16th ed. of the Vintage Workshop^® with a meaningful visitors record which have increased of more than 40%, the event will soon be back at the Admiral Hotel in Milano from Monday March 2nd. During the 3^rd and 4^th of March the show (programmed to stay open non-stop from 9 a.m. through to 8 p.m.) will operate contemporaneously to the nearby Anteprima Pelle at Fieramilanocity. This will be a great chance to join the moment and proximity in order to see, buy and rent a bunch of research vintage shoes and period purses of many different styles, ages and provenience.

Being the Vintage Workshop^® a collective exhibition in progress, presented in the format of a very convenient and discrete show-room with always new assortments, proud to boast various imitation attempts, the organizers (Italian Cultural Association of the Vintage Hunters, dealers and collectors) will be glad to host the best international fashion pros, among with the most qualified buyers and designers as well as vintage addicts willing to be once more favourably surprised by the enormous creativity of past fashion accessories. There will be at least 5 thousands accessories among with shoes, purses, belts, buckles, fancy leather items, luggage, coming from many different Countries world over and preminently dated 1880/1980.
For the most refined tastes, there will also be an archive selection of the rarest vintage exemplars that can't be usually seen at vintage shows, markets and fairs. These particular selection will be visible exclusively for ongoing customers who will have a chance to rent them for one or more months, provided any piece will be covered by a security deposit in a form of a check or bank wire transfer.
Every sell as well as every rental is protected by a special guarantee that the model has never been published and consequently there will be the absolute photo shooting ban ;-). This special grant will extend to the rented pieces as they will never be exhibited or shown any longer for at least 1 year.

For the most curious ones wishing to have a panoramic look, we have got some few small pictures that have been authorized by the organizers (click on the "read more" tag). A unique show definitely not to miss!
Vintage Workshop landscapes:

More info on: http://vintagevents.blogspot.com/2009/02/vintage-workshop-will-soon-be-back-in.html

About how to reach the location, visit: http://www.vintageworkshop.it/comearrivare.jsp

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