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Spier presents Tamlin Blake at the 2012 Joburg Art Fair
SEPTEMBER 04, 2012 | Spier in association with the FNB Joburg Art Fair is pleased to present an exhibition from the Spier Collection by Tamlin Blake. In this exhibition Blake shows her latest body of work – a series of tapestries woven from recycled, handspun newspaper. A new Spier publication ‘Tamlin Blake’ will be available for purchase.
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Why farm mechanically when you can farm biologically?
JUNE 05, 2012 | We always try to opt for the biological solution where possible. This vignette, pertaining to management of our cover crop in the vineyards, illustrates the point I am trying to make.
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Spier’s slave story informs and entertains
MAY 21, 2012 | Spier has launched the Gables Audio Walk, a fictional account of the reality of life on a Cape wine farm in the early part of the 19th Century. The story was researched and written by acclaimed playwright Brett Bailey.
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Our Manor House makes its fashion debut
APRIL 26, 2012 | On a scorching hot day in January the Glamour team photographed fashionable knit wear at Spier Wine Farm.To view the final product, turn to “It’s a wrap” (p104) in the May issue of Glamour.And here we thought making wine is hard work!
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9 Facts about our Tasting room
MARCH 14, 2012 | In December we opened our new wine tasting room – a large double-volume building with light streaming in through the glass doors, maximizing the view of the Helderberg Mountains.
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Farm to Fork at Spier
DECEMBER 22, 2011 | Executive chef Lorianne Heyns recently returned from the kitchen of Alice Waters’ Chez Panisse in Berkley, CA.
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