Spier

... explored while Robin took loads of stunning photographs, and Hanré practiced "rock climbing".  After Table Mountain we set off for Spier and relaxed in the shade for the early part of the afternoon.  We met up with Richard and Claire, much ...

... the wedding day had arrived. it was time to clean up and celebrate the real reason we were all in Sarasota. Amy T and J. Spier's B.I.G D.A.Y! the venue was unique and I would best describe it as having a medieval tuscan feel to it. big open rooms, high ...

... closed, he was able to take us to some wonderful places. The kids loved the birds and cheetah rescue and sactuary at Spier Winery (although the wine was not very good). Then we visited Warwick Winery where we tasted some outstanding wine and drank from a ...

... .  Stellenbosch is an hour East of Cape Town and is one of the many wine regions around here.  We went to Spier yesterday, a wine estate which also has a cheetah sanctuary as well as a really cool restaurant called Moyo.  We had a ...

... . The main aim of the park is education and they run a cheetah outreach programme. This is a bit of blerb from the Spier website: "The Cheetah Outreach assists the Cheetah Conservation Fund (CCF) in their efforts to ensure the survival of the ...

... and i barely managed to keep me runners / jeans dry - had to reef me legs up from stirrups etc etc! Was gud craic thou! That spier place is amazing.. i tried to take a pict of onea the resturant / outdoor areas but it didnt come out too good.. was ...

... Island before heading back on to the ferry. We discussed the plans for tomorrow again and Tim and Sophie wanted to visit Stellanbosch and Spier as well.  They had access to a car but we could only seat 5 in total.  Rose was still deciding so we ...

... were good, three only so-so, I was even more drunk (even though it was only tastings) and decided I really needed lunch.  Spier has a deli, so we bought a bunch of break and meat and cheese and ate with the many, many families out back enjoying the ...

... marry nearly the whole of Stellenbosch. annnyhooo, many a cheeese and cracker later and a few more glasses of wine (I Must confess, Spier tasted better....) Jo picked up a couple of bottles and we headed back to Maria for some cosy time in front of the ...

... of wine, we simply couldn't leave South Africa without trying a few bottles here and there. Our first winery that we chose was Spier. Now, most wineries that we have been to in the US and Australia have ranged from small, one room cellar door wineries ...

... we did not taste test wine, we did go to a craft bazaar/restaurant/thingy attached to the winery called, I think, or Moyo http://www.spier.co.za/moyo.asp.  It was a great deal of fun.  First of all everyone gets their faces painted with little ...

... gone sandboarding, at Spier Winery for lunch. When we arrived at Spier we hooke up with the kids and went to Eight, the restaurant at Spier. Eight is an organic restaurant and I have to tell you it was the best meal of the entire Cape Town trip. All of ...