On three December evenings, Spier’s amphitheatre will fill with dancers, musicians, singers and actors as A Summer Dream returns for its fifth year. Produced by Brett Bailey of Third World Bunfight and set to the music of Jak Tomas, this hour-long performance brings music, movement and storytelling together beneath the stars. It’s a joyful start to the festive season, made for the whole family.

Six evenings. Six winemakers. One secret: our honest-to-goodness ratio of good wine, seasonal food and the company you keep.

Spier welcomes Erloom, a young Dutch culinary collective, for an eight week residency, the first time this Hilvarenbeek based group has worked outside the Netherlands. Founded by chef Gijs Bruurs and grown out of a summer restaurant on an organic farm, Erloom is built around fire, nature and the people gathered around the table.