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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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Harvest report: A great start to a good year
FEBRUARY 08, 2017 | The 2017 harvest has begun. First to arrive were the Sauvignon Blanc grapes.
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MEET OUR CRAFTERS: Bongani Khumalo
FEBRUARY 02, 2017 | The Spier Craft Market is a showcase of some of the best craftwork produced in the greater Cape Town area. It consists of eight custom-designed units – each manned by a cluster of artists – situated along the banks of the dam, right next to our Tasting Room.
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Meet the team: Orlando Filander
JANUARY 23, 2017 | Spier is home to a diverse bunch of passionate people, doing what they love, and committed to making a difference every day. Orlando Filander, Spier's farm manager, has worked on the farm for 16 years, playing a key role in its attainment of organic certification in 2015. A trained viticulturist, he oversees all aspects of the farm’s wellbeing, including the rejuvenation of the soil and the replanting and rehabilitation of indigenous vegetation.
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