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Meet the team: Petronella 'Nana' Malgas
MARCH 01, 2017 | Spier is home to a diverse bunch of passionate people, doing what they love, and committed to making a difference every day. Petronella Malgas – lovingly known as “Nana” by her colleagues – is Spier Hotel’s laundry manager and has worked here for the past 15 years in many different parts of the hotel.
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New at Spier: Organic harvest in the new Spier Werf Cellar
MARCH 01, 2017 | The Spier Werf Cellar is home to our first estate wine, made from organic vineyards that grow on the Spier farm.
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6 things to do at Spier this Easter weekend
MARCH 01, 2017 | Make your Easter a memorable one this year at Spier.
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Meet the team: Cuven Conradie
FEBRUARY 23, 2017 | Spier is home to a diverse bunch of passionate people, doing what they love, and committed to making a difference every day. Cuven Conradie is a cellar assistant and assistant stock controller in Spier’s winery, where he’s worked for nearly three years. The cellar is his favourite part of the farm. “I feel at home here,” he says.
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Visit the Spier Mosaic Kraal, South Africa’s first outdoor mosaic exhibition
FEBRUARY 20, 2017 | From February 2017, visitors arriving at Spier Wine Farm will be greeted with the country’s first permanent outdoor exhibition of mosaic. Situated between the Wine Collection Point and the Tasting Room, at the entrance to the Werf, the Spier Mosaic Kraal features the works of 16 contemporary South African artists.
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Meet the team: Alfrieda Hanse
FEBRUARY 17, 2017 | Spier is home to a diverse bunch of passionate people, doing what they love, and committed to making a difference every day. Alfrieda Hanse is a farm supervisor at Spier’s Nooitgedacht farm near Paarl. She grew up in the Northern Cape and has been employed by Spier for almost 17 years. “I’m good at training people, and I’m also good at listening,” she says.
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