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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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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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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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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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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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