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South Africa’s best kept secret
JUNI 15, 2016 | Chenin Blanc was once seen as the workhorse grape with little promise, but today it is proving to be the true Cinderella of wine. No longer one of South Africa’s best-kept secrets, local Chenins are racking up numerous awards internationally, proving that they are among the best in the world.
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COOP celebrates 150 years with a public sculpture commission for Spier Arts Academy graduate
MAJ 03, 2016 | As part of Coop’s 150th birthday celebrations, CEO Peter Høgsted has commissioned a mosaic sculpture of the iconic Cirkelpigen – the much-loved logo of Coop’s coffee brand, Cirkel Kaffe. The logo was created in 1955 by artist Aage Sikker Hansen and won the Classics Prize awarded by the Danish Design Centre.
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FOUR DELICIOUS REASONS TO VISIT OUR CELLAR DOOR
APRIL 26, 2016 | Stock up on these exceptional wines, each of them exclusive to our wine shop adjoining the tasting venue.
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12 TREE-PRENEURS RECEIVE THEIR BICYCLES
APRIL 21, 2016 | On 6 April 2016, approximately 70 people attended the Klapmuts Tree-preneur Ceremony, which celebrated the success of this programme that supports local ecological sustainability.Tree-preneurs earn their bicycles by growing indigenous trees through a programme run in partnership with Qhubeka, Wildlands, Spier Wine Farm and the Pedal Power Association.
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Here they are: SA & International guest poets at 2016 dancing in other words
MARTS 29, 2016 | Curators Breyten Breytenbach, Dominique Botha and Neo Muyanga are delighted to reveal the confirmed line-up of acclaimed poets and thinkers, from South Africa and abroad, participating in the third international Spier Poetry Festival, dancing in other words, on Saturday 7 May:
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A helping hand at harvest-time
MARTS 29, 2016 | Intern Max Skietakat visited us all the way from Belgium to lend a hand during the harvest. Before he resumed his travels, we asked him a few questions about his experience at Spier.
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