Blog
Meet the team: Tanya Larke
JANUARY 31, 2021 | Tanya Larke, our Reservations & Events Manager has been part of the Spier team for just over a year. A big fan of our farm’s beautiful outdoor spaces, she shares some of the ways our hotel and conferencing operations have adapted to ensure the safety and wellbeing of guests during the pandemic.
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Checkers partners with Farmer Angus to support black regenerative agriculture
JANUARY 08, 2021 | In a drive to upskill and empower farmworkers, regenerative livestock farmer Angus McIntosh has sold 85% of his Farmer Angus EGGS business to five of his former employees: Neliswa Mbengana, Zanele Hlabisa, Mbhekiseni Khoza, Menzi Khoza and Phello Ntlati. The sale has transformed the Spier Wine Farm-based company is now a 85% black-owned and 51% women-owned business.
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Meet the team: Donne Smith
NOVEMBER 23, 2020 | Donné, our Events Booking Administrator, has been at Spier for almost a year. A true people person, she assists with conferencing and event quotations and compiles accurate and thorough proposals for prospective clients.
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Spier one of three honourees in the WWF Conservation Leaders category in the 2020 Wine & Tourism Awards
SEPTEMBER 25, 2020 | Spier's energy and water saving, ecological rehabilitation and support for community empowerment initiatives were key to receiving this wonderful recognition from Food & Wine and WWF South Africa.
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Spier celebrates the women growing food and trees
AUGUST 07, 2020 | This Women’s Month Spier is celebrating the women-led food- and tree-growing projects that it supports.
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Vegetable garden takes root at Spier to boost food security during lockdown and beyond
APRIL 06, 2020 | On the eve of the lockdown, Spier staff prepared boxes of food for 450 underprivileged families in surrounding communities to provide nourishment for those who might struggle to access food during the three weeks at home.
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