A summer's morning in Burgundy,France......................
(presented by Colin Sutherland last Tuesday in his beautifully presented talk on his home town in France)
Part of the Sutherland family in Burgundy
(Colin's daughter, Joanna , lives in the white house between the canal and the small river in this village not far from Lyons)
A good deed indeed
Our Rotary Exchange student, Alex Kilgour, shortlly to leave for France, has shown why she is the exceptional young lady she is. All the Kilgour family youngsters (Butch Liebenberg's grandchildren led by Alex Kilgour) have for some months been collecting loose coins as a possible donation to a deserving cause. All the moneywent to a young student at James House. Here is his letter received by Rotary.
Dear Mr. Liebenberg
My name is Phumlani Nyanga, the recipient of the fund raising. I received a gift of R1200 from you (Kilgour girls). I would like to say what you did for me I appreciate so much and thank You very much.
I have always wanted to replace all my things I lostin the fire when our home burnt down. I couldnt be more humbled to say you have fullfilled my wishes and just before Christmas too.
There are a number of things that I will gladly and wisely use the money for that you have raised for me. I am now able to buy clothes and shoes and I am proud to say that I can now also join the local gym. These are just some of the things.
I very so happy to say I have received an early Christmas present
I Thank You with all my heart and may GOD Bless You.
Phumlani Nyanga
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Fellow Rotarians,
Thank you Colin, your pictured talk gave us a good and lively impression of living in la France provincial. However, quite some Rotarians were taken by surprise when they heard the numbers: €25 for the meal at Rotary, another E25 for a good bottle of wine and €12 for a snack on the village square. When one sees those pictures of France in winter today you do the right thing by “swallowing” to our region at the right time of the year. Hopefully, Peter will do likewise.
Speaking of Peter, we need a replacement for him as editor of Bay Breezes and organizer of speakers. Would fellow Rotarians please volunteer either for one or both task’s. Please talk to our Sergeant.
The next fundraising event is the HBRC Golf Day at Mowbray Golf Club on Feb 02nd. Do we have any sponsors? R1500 per fourball. I have 3 but we need 30. If we don’t have at least 15 we will have to postpone it to May/June.
On Jan 24th, HIKEFOR, the Rotary Fellowship of Hiking, is having a walk! ½ hours to Donkerhoek, near Paarl, partly forested, and a (bring &) braai afterwards). Please let me know if you are interested. I have 1 or 2 empty seats in my car.
Look forward to see you on Tuesday. Please don’t miss Rotary without apology.
Yours in Rotary
Joe Schwach
President
Rotary Club of Hout Bay
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Congratulations to Mick Feuilherade on his little "litter machine", built a bit like the famous Emmet machines, and which now patrols Hout Bay with Mr John in charge clearing up our village.
This is a most worthwhile project conduct by Mick on his own and Rotary will be happy to pay any costs. To avoid Mick having to take a ten-minute spot again to describe his project, as so aptly complained of by our ascerbic Sergeant-at-Arms, we are now touring Hout Bay looking for John and his machine to take a photograph of this remarkable construction.
Don't forget, if you see John, encourage him and give him a few bob or buy him a coke. It's tough work in this hot weather and Mick forgot to weld on an automatic umbrella on the side.
Already, a thrilled Hout Bay resident has seen John and his machine in action and has donated R2,000 to Rotary Club of Hout Bay "for clearing up our beautful village".
Mick has sold three sponsors with advertising boards (the machine actulally has four sides) and another sponsor is needed to keep the project as, what is termed in the food industry, "a self reducing line".
Well done Mick!
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From Don Peters.......................
ARGUS CYCLE TOUR 2010
This year is special as it will be the 25th year that Hout Bay Rotary has marshalled the Argus, so lets be positive and make the day good fun. We appear to have some budding actors who enjoy fancy dress – why not get dressed up for the Argus Day and give everyone something to smile about.
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Jennifer Berg
Senior Coordinator Global Grants
Future Vision Pilot
The Rotary Foundation
1560 Sherman Ave.
Evannston IL
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Here is a copy of a thank-you letter from Marion Franke, a Paul Harris Fellow, who has worked with Rotary Club of Hout Bay for many years. She works under the umbrella of Hout Bay Christian Community Church. The clothes donated were mostly from "KLM Wheels of Support" and also from Ria Gibb herself and her daughter. Ria organized the handout under Community Services.
Please pass on our sincere thanks to the dear Rotarians of Hout Bay for the gift of clothing for our Iziko Lobomi people. It is much appreciated.
Sincerely yours
Marion Franke
on behalf of the HBCCA
(L) Marion Franke and Ria Gibb attend to the distribution of KLM goodies obtained by Butch and Lynn Liebenberg on behalf of Rotary Club of Hout Bay. Ria can be seen bottom left at a recent meeting at Iziko Lobomi Hall, which is home to the Monawabisi Women's Group who assist with HIV/Aids homecare through the Hout Bay Health Forum for Operation Medical Hope, another Rotary Hout Bay project.
Finally, from Butch
OVERVIEW OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN WINE INDUSTRY 2008
TOTAL WINE PRODUCTION IN 2008 WAS 1100 MILLION LITRES. AS A COMPARISON FRANCE PRODUCED JUST OVER 5000 MILLION LITRES, AND AUSTRALIA 1430 MILLION LITRES.
WE HAVE 3839 WINE GRAPE PRODUCERS. WINE IS ONLY PRODUCED IN 585 WINE CELLAR’S MOST OF WHICH ARE VERY TOURIST FRIENDLY. MOST OF OUR PRODUCERS HAVE ONE OR MORE RESTAURANTS AND LARGE TASTING FACILITIES GEARED TO TOURISTS.
SOUTH AFRICA WAS THE WORLDS 9TH LARGEST WINE PRODUCER IN 2008.
34% OF OUR WINES UNDER CULTIVATION ARE RED VARIETES, AND 66% ARE WHITE. OUR TOP 5 VARIETIES ARE CHENIN BLANC 18%, CABERNET SAUVIGNON 13%, COLOMBAR 12%, SHIRAZ 10%, CHARDONNAY 9%.
OUR VINE AGES VARY BUT 60 PERCENT OF RED VINES ARE 10 YEARS OR YOUNGER, 28% OF OUR WHITE VINES ARE OLDER THAN 20 YEARS.
OUR EXPORTS HAVE SHOWN HUGE GROWTH. FROM 2003 TO 2008 INCLUSIVE, EXPORTS ARE UP 73%.
TOTAL AREA UNDER CULTIVATION OF WINE GRAPES IS A LITTLE UNDER 110,000 HECTARES. NEW PLANTINGS IN 2008 WAS A LITTLE OVER 2800 HECTARES THE MAJORITY OF WHICH WAS WHITE PLANTINGS. IN 2009 PLANTINGS ARE FORCAST TO BE OVER 3000 HECTARES AND IN 2010 5000 HECTARES.
A TOTAL OF 1,426,612 TON’S OF GRAPES FOR WINE PRODUCTION WAS
HARVESTED DURING 2008.
OUR EXPORTS IN 2008 OF BOTTLED WINE GREW IN VOLUME BY 32% BULK EXPORT OF BOXED WINE AND CONTAINERS OF WINE GREW IN VOLUME BY 55%. BOTTLED WINE EXPORT VOLUME IN 2008 WAS 410,000 LITRES. BULK WINE EXPORTS WAS 224,000 LITRES.
THE STATISTICS OF WHITE TO RED EXPORTS WAS EVENLY BALANCED BETWEEN RED AND WHITE IN BOTH BOTTLED PRODUCT AND BULK.
OUR DOMESTIC STOCK OF WINE AT THE END OF 2008 SHOWED A DECREASE OF 30%.
WINE PRODUCTION FORCAST IN 2009 SHOWS GROTH IN VOLUME OF 2.5% OUR DOMESTIC STOCK OF WINE IN 2009 IS FORECAST TO DROP AGAIN BY 60 MILLION LITRES.
OUR 5 BIGGEST BUYERS OF WINE (EXPORT) ARE:- (1) UK 28%.
(2) GERMANY 17% (3) NETHERLANDS 7.2% (4) SWEDEN 7.1%
(5) ANGOLA 6%
GROWTH IN EXPORTS OF OUR WINE IN 2009 ARE NOT EXPECTED TO SHOW A LARGE INCREASE.
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