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Exhibitions at Spier: More than Words
MAJ 21, 2013 | This winter Spier is pleased to present a series of three art exhibitions, curated on the occasion of the Dancing In Other Words International Poetry Festival.‘Vocabulary’ or ‘visual language’ are terms often used to describe the characteristics of an artist’s practice. Analogies with words are apt within the context of art, since the use of text has been a feature of artists’ practices since the early twentieth century.
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Spier receives top awards at three international wine competitions
MAJ 20, 2013 | This year’s prestigious international wine competition, the Concours Mondial de Bruxelles, saw a myriad oenologists, sommeliers, wine tasters and wine lovers congregate in Bratislava, Slovakia to select and celebrate the top achievers.The competition, considered by many the world championship of wine making, awarded Spier four silver medals this year. They were given to the 21 Gables Chenin Blanc 2011, the 21 Gables Pinotage 2010, the Creative Block 2 2012 and the Naledi Pinotage 2010.
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Spier receives top awards at three international wine competitions
MAJ 20, 2013 | This year’s prestigious international wine competition, the Concours Mondial de Bruxelles, saw a myriad oenologists, sommeliers, wine tasters and wine lovers congregate in Bratislava, Slovakia to select and celebrate the top achievers.The competition, considered by many the world championship of wine making, awarded Spier four silver medals this year. They were given to the 21 Gables Chenin Blanc 2011, the 21 Gables Pinotage 2010, the Creative Block 2 2012 and the Naledi Pinotage 2010.
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Dancing in Other Words Poetry Festival
MAJ 01, 2013 | Dancing in Other Words / Die Dansende Digtersfees is an international poetry festival, curated by Breyten Breytenbach, that will take place at Spier on Friday 10 and Saturday 11 May 2013.
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Why our egg prices went up yesterday…
APRIL 23, 2013 | The picture above was taken this afternoon after I received the Roche Yolk Colour Fan whose values were set in 1931. Our egg is a 15; the highest number on the scale.
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London-based Thomas’ Clapman School students donate 20 bicycles to Tree-preneurs
APRIL 04, 2013 | On Monday, 25 March, 20 girls from Thomas’s Clapham School, London, handed over 20 bicycles to the Spier/Wildlands Conservation Trust/PSG Consult funded Tree-preneur Project. The girls, visiting South Africa on a hockey trip, each undertook to raise £100, which they did successfully with an onesie bicycle rally being the key fundraiser.
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