In The Spier Vineyards: "Our Vineyards Are Asleep"
SEPTEMBER 13, 2017
Let Niklaas Hanse, senior supervisor at Spier’s Nooitgedacht farm, show you around.
Although it’s late winter and the vines are sleeping, he and his team are still hard at work. Cover crops are being planted between the vines to form a mat that prevents weeds from growing. This ensures that harmful weedicides don’t have to be used.