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Spier's Journey to Waste Water Sustainability
MARCH 23, 2017 | In 2007, Spier installed a pioneering centralised wastewater treatment plant, which is the embodiment of our approach to waste management. It recycles 100% of Spier’s wastewater, treating it with only environmentally friendly methodology. The clean water is then used for irrigation in the North Bank (hospitality operation) gardens as well in our Wine Tasting ablution facilities.
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Meet the team: Lesley Joemat
MARCH 22, 2017 | Lesley Joemat has worked at Spier since 1998 and is the project leader for Tree-preneurs, that gives more than 100 people from some of the Cape’s poorest communities the opportunity to change their lives.
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5 WAYS OF SAVING WATER THE ORGANIC WAY
MARCH 17, 2017 | Johann Smit, Spier’s viticulturist, reveals the earth- friendly ways that Spier is preventing water being lost or wasted – across both its conventional and organic farms.
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Meet the team: Marelise Hector
MARCH 16, 2017 | Spier is home to a diverse bunch of passionate people, doing what they love, and committed to making a difference every day. Marelise Hector is a farm supervisor at Spier’s Nooitgedacht farm near Paarl and has worked there for the last nine years. “Basically, we’re putting back into nature what nature is giving to us,” says Marelise. “I had never farmed organically till now. It’s a big responsibility: we don’t spray pesticide anymore to kill bugs.”
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International acclaim for Spier Arts Wine Collection’s eye-catching design
MARCH 13, 2017 | The Spier Arts Wine Collection has been awarded a Bronze medal in the Drinks International’s Wine Design Challenge 2017’s Best Design for a Wine Range category.
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MEET THE TEAM: WILTON SIKHOSANA
MARCH 08, 2017 | Spier is home to a diverse bunch of passionate people, doing what they love, and committed to making a difference every day. The green fingered nursery manager Wilton Sikhosana grew up in Pongola, KwaZulu-Natal, and has worked at Spier for the past decade. Together, he and his team have grown and planted millions of indigenous plants on the farm.
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