• Spier Food Garden Workshop – Making Compost Easy

    Learn how to mimic nature’s way of building soil fertility – it’s easier than you think and so good for your garden. See exactly how to make and maintain compost heaps; understand carbon and nitrogen ratios, and find out how to brew fascinating micro-organism inoculants. Date: 7 August, 2021 Time: 09:00 – 15:00 Venue: Spier Food Garden, Spier Wine Farm, Baden Powell Drive, Stellenbosch Cost: R650 per person, including a light vegetarian lunch What to wear & bring: Comfortable waterproof shoes Hat Sunblock […]

  • Spier Food Garden Workshop – Grow Your Own

    You will learn about various sustainable agricultural methods that will empower you to start your own food garden at home. The topics will include an introduction to Permaculture, understanding the role of soil minerals in plant growth, companion planting, beneficial insects and animals in the system, planting seasons and seedling culture. Date: 4 September, 2021 Time: 09:00 – 15:00 Venue: Spier Food Garden, Spier Wine Farm, Baden Powell Drive, Stellenbosch Cost: R850 per person, including a light vegetarian lunch What to wear & […]

  • Visit the Festival of Gardens in Stellenbosch during Garden Week

    Garden Week, 30 September – 10 October, opens a myriad of nature talks, tours, art, wine and food. South Africa’s favourite city of oaks, Stellenbosch, is pulling out the stops for gardeners and lovers of the great outdoors in a new, week-long festival that will transform its streets and surrounding countryside from 30 September to 10 October. Major drawcards include a first-ever Stellenbosch winelands experience featuring SA Michelin star chef Jan Hendrik van der Westhuizen. The inaugural Garden Week Stellenbosch […]

  • Spier Food Garden Workshop – Your Own Home Nursery

    Learn how to sustain your food garden over the long term by propagating plants yourself. This enables a deeper level of engagement and enjoyment in your food garden.  Understand plant propagation 101, collecting plant materials and timings.  Get hands-on experience in making and maintaining plant cuttings and an introduction to grafting. Date: 2 October, 2021 Time: 09:00 – 15:00 Venue: Spier Food Garden, Spier Wine Farm, Baden Powell Drive, Stellenbosch Cost: R650 per person, including a light vegetarian lunch What to wear & […]

  • Spier Light Art 2022

    The fourth edition of Spier Light Art will be hosted at Spier Wine Farm from 17 March to 18 April 2022. A night-time adventure for the whole family to enjoy, this annual event will feature an exciting array of interactive artworks scattered across the historic Stellenbosch estate. Created by talented artists and designers from South Africa and beyond, the artworks use light, sound and video to illuminate the present moment and help us to imagine where we might be headed […]

  • Best of our Blends: Dinner with Spier’s Cellar Master

    Be wined and dined by Spier Cellar Master, Johan Jordaan, at an intimate dinner at the Hotel Restaurant. A four-course seasonal menu will be expertly paired with award-winning wines for an unforgettable culinary experience. The chefs select farm-fresh ingredients inspired by the seasons and harvested from the Food Garden, and source only the highest-quality meat ethically reared by Farmer Angus. You will savour every taste, with our team selecting each wine to perfectly match the dish in front of you. […]

  • Season of Reds: Dinner with Spier’s Cellar Master

    Be wined and dined by Spier Cellar Master, Johan Jordaan, at an intimate dinner at the Hotel Restaurant. A four-course seasonal menu will be expertly paired with award-winning wines for an unforgettable culinary experience. The chefs select farm-fresh ingredients inspired by the seasons and harvested from the Food Garden, and source only the highest-quality meat ethically reared by Farmer Angus. You will savour every taste, with our team selecting each wine to perfectly match the dish in front of you. […]

  • Organic Showcase: Dinner with Spier’s Cellar Master

    Be wined and dined by Spier Cellar Master, Johan Jordaan, at an intimate dinner at the Hotel Restaurant. A four-course seasonal menu will be expertly paired with award-winning wines for an unforgettable culinary experience. The chefs select farm-fresh ingredients inspired by the seasons and harvested from the Food Garden, and source only the highest-quality meat ethically reared by Farmer Angus. You will savour every taste, with our team selecting each wine to perfectly match the dish in front of you. […]

  • Spier Light Art

    Step into a brighter world at the eagerly anticipated fifth edition of Spier Light Art, hosted at Spier Wine Farm from 10 March to 10 April 2023. Grab the kids, grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins and best friends because this favourite, annual event has a little something for everyone. It's an interactive, nocturnal adventure featuring experimental light, sound and video artworks from local and international artists. And there will be plenty of good food and wine available. Exploring various themes, Spier […]

  • An Act Of Faith – a New Ceramics Exhibition at Spier

    When you hear the word ‘ceramics’, you probably don’t think of magic. But working with this unpredictable medium is equal parts sorcery, artistry and, ultimately, acts of faith. A ceramicist can never be sure that what comes out of the kiln will resemble what they put in. As Christian Buchner – who will be featured in An Act of Faith, a new exhibition at Spier Wine Farm, running from June to October and curated by the Spier Arts Trust – […]

  • Spier Light Art 2024

    THIS 6TH ITERATION WILL BRIGHTEN YOUR SENSES It’s that time of year when the night skies at Spier wine farm are set alight! Mark the dates in your calendar because Stellenbosch’s favourite event, Spier Light Art, returns for its sixth edition. From 1 March to 1 April 2024, visitors can illuminate their evenings with 21 different light and video artworks installed across the farm. Arrive just before the sun goes down to enjoy an outdoor feast of food and wine […]