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2nd Annual “Raise a Glass of Bubbly to the New Year” Networking Mixer 

Jan 27, 2010 Wednesday            San Francisco Bubble lounge         6:00 PM

Thank you to SportMark and speaking Roses for providing a glass of South African bubbly and branded roses for guests.

Over 45 South African professionals and affiliates toasted a heart welcome to what promises to be an exciting year for global South Africans!  As the world turns it's attention to 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa™ so too is there increased eminence and curiosity around our heritage and birth country. 

Internationally South African professionals are well recognized as accomplished, highly qualified, entrepreneurial thinkers and hold impressive leadership positions worldwide. We all share a common bond with Africa and as international risk takers.

SAABC is seeing tremendous interest from South Africans and out friends to increase our network of accomplished global South Africans.

SAABC thanks SportMark - exclusive US sales agent for the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa™ Official Hospitality Program - for generously providing all with a glass of bubbly.

And thank you to Speaking Roses for donating two "6 red roses Valentine's Special" gift packs and a host of branded single roses for guests.

Thank you to Bubble lounge for the food platters and elegant hosting.

Click here to see photographs!!

HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL!!

Thank you to Speaking Roses California for our door prizes

Two lucky winners of our door prize will receive a bunch of 6 roses as a "Valentine's Special" package courtesy of California-based (and South African owned) speaking Roses.  With stunning beauty and the ability to be personalize images, logos, slogans or messages on fresh cut roses to whatever your creativity can come up with, Speaking Roses California will easily become a part of nearly every aspect of you life.   Whether you are thanking customers at work or proposing marriage to the one you love, Speaking Roses California will make sure that the people you value most are very well aware of just how much you care. Visit them at www.speakingrosescalifornia.com.

SAABC Holiday Networking Mixer and Wine Tasting

December 9, 2009              BBC, Menlo Park        6:00 PM

(See media coverage of our event in Examiner.com!!!)

Over sixty South African colleagues, friends and our affiliates toasted a hearty farewell to 2009 at our SAABC Holiday Networking Mixer and South African wine tasting.

Wine distributors Cape Ardor and Smith Wines poured leading South African wines which are available in the local US market - or please contact them directly through their websites for holiday specials for SAABC members.

With the 2010 FIFA World Cup™ just 6 months away, the time is now to book those hospitality packages!!  Our catering sponsor SportsMark Management - who is the exclusive US sales agent for FIFA’s Official Hospitality Program - outlined the many options for customizing match and accommodation packages to your desire!

Congratulations to the three lucky winners of the delicious South African wine generously donated by Cape Ardor and Smith Wines!!

And thank you to our location sponsor British Bankers Club for tremendous hospitality. http://www.britishbankersclub.com/

Cape Ardor is a San Francisco based company that is focusing exclusively on bringing quality South African wines to the United States market. The company owned by Eric Matkovich, a native of California, and his wife, Kara van Niekerk, a native of South Africa was established as what they see as a necessary instrument to bring the quality and culture of South Africa to the American pallet. The wine they will be representing at the BBC are as follows: Diemersfontein, Raka, Ridgeback, La Petite Ferme, Villiera

Smith Wines is based in Palo Alto, CA. Their main goal is to bring international award winning, boutique style wines from South Africa to the US market and consumer. Their strong links with South Africa and associates grants them direct access to some of the best players and knowledge within the SA Wine Industry. The Company is owned by Peter Smith, a native of Cape Town, South Africa and his wife, Danielle (Guglielmelli) Smith, a native from Palo Alto, CA. This was an exiting journey and marriage between two top wine producing and appreciative nations, where Peter Smith represented the South African Wine culture and heritage and Danielle Guglielmelli represented the American Dream and "pallet". The wines they will be representing at the BBC are Groenland-Stellenbosch and Slanghoek- Rawsonville. Their 2010 portfolio will include Zorgvliet, Val De Vie, Boland Cellars, Swartland Winery and Major's Hill.

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