Videos tagged with "hemisphere"
Great Wine Capitals - South Africa [03:30]
(BottlePlatePillow Video Blog: Free-hand and basic editing) Great Wine Capitals: a world of excellence The Great Wine Capitals is a network of nine major global cities in both the northern and southern hemispheres, which share a key economic and cultural asset: their internationally renowned wine regions. It is the only such network to encompass the so-called 'Old' and 'New' worlds of wine, and exists to encourage travel, education and business exchange between the internationally-renowned centres of Bilbao | Rioja, Bordeaux, Cape Town, Christchurch | South Island, Firenze, Mainz | Rheinhessen, Mendoza, Porto, and San Francisco-Napa Valley. Since its creation in 1999, the Network has introduced: • A prestigious annual competition; the 'Best Of Wine Tourism' awards. This International competition is designed to reward the wineries in each member city that have distinguished themselves in terms of the excellence of their facilities in various categories from art and culture to sustainable wine tourism, and delivering quality experiences to the public. Since their inception, over 309 properties have received an award from 2099 nominees. • A business network with extensive training and information seminars, forums and tastings. Business facilities are also provided for visits between member cities. • An annual International Student Grant. This grant aims at promoting excellence and innovativeness in wine research. It encourages reseraches in topics interesting the Network ...
Tags: Great, Wine, Capitals, Global, Network, WOSA, Andre, Morgenthal, La Motte, Wine Tourism, South, Africa, Pierneef, Waverley, Hills, Waterford, Tokara, Delaire, Solms, Delta, Waterkloof, Franschhoek, Cape, Town, Rupert, Bottle, Plate, Pillow
Orange-Fish River Tunnel, South Africa - 1972 [14:49]
Produced by the National Film Board of the Republic of South Africa - 1972. This film looks at how to build concrete lined tunnels using the Orange-Fish tunnel as an example. The construction of the Orange-Fish Tunnel made possible the irrigation of thousands of hectares of additional land in the Eastern Cape of South Africa, diverting water from the Orange River to the Great Fish River. With a length of 83 km, the 5,35m diameter tunnel was the longest continuous enclosed aqueduct in the southern hemisphere and the second-longest water supply tunnel in the world. It was engineered in association with Messrs Keeve Steyn and Partners of Johannesburg for the Water Affairs Department of the South African Government. Former Halcrow senior partner, Sir Alan Muir Wood, the "father of modern tunnelling" worked on many of the world's leading tunnel projects, including the Orange-Fish Tunnel. Interesting fact: The Orange River was named by Robert Jacob Gordon after the Dutch Royal House.
Tags: Oviston, Midshaft, Teebus, Orange-Fish, River, Tunnel, South, Africa, Water, Concrete, Water (2005 Film)
Southern Hemisphere Water Draining Experiment [00:22]
Does water drain clockwise in the Southern Hemisphere? While in South Africa, I conduct an experiment to find out.
Tags: southern, hemisphere, water, drain, spin, clockwise, south, africa, sink
Bloukrans Bungee Jump [05:59]
My Bloukrans Bridge bungee jump in South Africa.
Tags: Bloukrans, Bungee, Bungy, Bungie, adrenaline, face, adrenalin, bridge, south, africa, crazy, insane, stupid, world, cup, southern, hemisphere, united, states, USA, citizen, western, cape, eastern
The weather in Cape Town [01:34]
Cape Town is in the southern hemisphere, winter is in July and August where most of the rain falls. Summer is dec - march which is very hot and often lots of wind. Cape Town has a mediterranean climate. Spring should start 1 September. The rest of South Africa has all kinds of micro climates ranging from sub-tropical near Krugerpark to dry land climate in the Karoo, the semi-desert. ... "Jessy lipperts" "cape town" weather "south africa"
Tags: Jessy lipperts, cape town, weather, south africa
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