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The Spier Secret Courtyard comes home
DECEMBER 08, 2014 | After stints in Cape Town and Johannesburg, the Spier Secret Courtyard is coming to the heart of Spier wine farm from 15 December. The much-loved pop-up wine bar will be setting up shop in the Jonkershuis, which dates back to 1778, with tables and chairs spilling out onto the historic Werf (farmyard). The Werf, formerly the home of moyo restaurant, is now undergoing a meticulous restoration.
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Ideas + Oenology = Ideology
NOVEMBER 24, 2014 | The Ideology wine range, exclusively available from the farm, allows Spier’s winemakers to use a diverse selection of varietals and blends to create wines with a distinctive and surprising character.
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Spier Winelands Express
NOVEMBER 24, 2014 | The first Spier Winelands Express made its way from Cape Town station to the picturesque Spier Wine Farm on Sunday, 16 November. Here's what our guests got up to.
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Reawakening Spier’s historic heart
NOVEMBER 04, 2014 | With a recorded history stretching back to 1692, Spier is one of the oldest wine farms in the country. It is home to 21 Cape Dutch gables – more than any other wine farm in the Cape – and has the oldest dated wine cellar in the country (1767).As part of Spier’s commitment to honouring and sharing this rich heritage, the farm has received a permit from Heritage Western Cape (HWC) allowing it to begin remedial work on the Werf (farmyard), historically the bustling heart of the farm.
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Heritage Dinner at the Spier Hotel
SEPTEMBER 23, 2014 | Celebrate Heritage Day at Spier on Wednesday, 24 September, with an array of traditional South African dishes. We're serving up a variety of dishes from the fire, and side dishes ranges from pap and smoor to cinnamon milktart for dessert.
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Eight Opens at Night
SEPTEMBER 03, 2014 | “Being on the farm and seeing the seasons change, you feel more connected to nature. It has a big impact on the thinking behind the dishes you create,” says Charl Coetzee, the new chef at Eight, Spier’s farm-to-table eating restaurant. From October, Eight will be open for dinner on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays.
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