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Eight to Go closes for renovations
JUNE 26, 2013 | Eight to Go Deli at Spier will be closing for three weeks from the 27 June to undergo some changes. It will reopen its doors on Friday the 26th July with a refreshed look and some exciting new goodies. Expect freshly home-baked cookies and pastries, homemade jams, fruit preserves and chutneys straight from our kitchen.
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Second Secret Festival at Spier
JUNE 13, 2013 | The second Spier Secret Festival will take place at Spier wine farm on Friday, 25 and Saturday, 26 October.Local and international experts on food and wine will present talks, visual presentations, workshops, tastings and various dinner events. A key focus will be food and wine trends, ethics, and biodynamic farming.
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Recipe: FAB Beef Burger
JUNE 03, 2013 | Like a chef’s signature dish, our Spier Signature range of wines capture the characteristics of each grape variety. The Signature Merlot has typical flavours of ripe red and black berries, with an undertow of eucalyptus and mint. This wine pairs perfectly with the juicy FAB burger which is an easy meal to prepare.
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Photojournal: 27 May 2013
MAY 27, 2013 | All these photos have been taken by the amazing Eva van Niekerk over the last month. This is SP 1301.He will be given his Zulu name at weaning. The first Limousin Bull calf born this year and he is exactly a month old on the photo. Not brave enough to venture too far from Mamma’s legs…yet.
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Spier receives top awards at three international wine competitions
MAY 20, 2013 | This year’s prestigious international wine competition, the Concours Mondial de Bruxelles, saw a myriad oenologists, sommeliers, wine tasters and wine lovers congregate in Bratislava, Slovakia to select and celebrate the top achievers.The competition, considered by many the world championship of wine making, awarded Spier four silver medals this year. They were given to the 21 Gables Chenin Blanc 2011, the 21 Gables Pinotage 2010, the Creative Block 2 2012 and the Naledi Pinotage 2010.
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Why our egg prices went up yesterday
APRIL 23, 2013 | The picture above was taken this afternoon after I received the Roche Yolk Colour Fan whose values were set in 1931. Our egg is a 15; the highest number on the scale.
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