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Reviewed by Johan Burger - 31 March 2013 at 08:17
Casual Winefly - 24 farms visited and 24 reviewed.

Great new tasting room! Creative Block and 21 Gables absolutely some of the best value for money you will get! Frans K Smit is superb! Please stay open till later!

 
 
Reviewed by Graham Cursons - 2 May 2011 at 07:30
Casual Winefly - 8 farms visited and 10 reviewed.

Take a number. Now serving. Ka-ching. Next please.

 
 
Reviewed by Ann-Marie Breen - 12 February 2011 at 16:04
Super Winefly - 260 farms visited and 90 reviewed.

The barrel thief tasting is a really informative fun tasting to do and it’s personal. It’s a great refresher on how to taste wine and also for those who think they know a lot there can be something that you’ll learn that’s new. Spier is an estate that I think has really improved over the last year or so and where I too used to bypass it, it’s worth stopping and trying once the flocks have moved out of Cape Town.

 
 
Reviewed by Rebecca Whitley - 27 January 2011 at 14:41
Casual Winefly - 11 farms visited and 10 reviewed.

we didnt try the wines here, it is one of the most touristy places to go,
i loved it regardless i went to the cheetah sanctuary and saw some birds, had a good walk around and relaxed with a nice drink on what can only be described as a couch the size of a bed :)
lots of things to do there so worth a visit

 
 
Reviewed by Juliane Klein - 21 January 2011 at 14:23
Casual Winefly - 16 farms visited and 2 reviewed.

too commercial and far too expensive

 
 
Reviewed by Christie Hepke - 3 September 2010 at 11:28
Casual Winefly - 33 farms visited and 26 reviewed.

horribly comercial!

 
 
Reviewed by Jacques Weidemann - 25 July 2010 at 09:17
Firefly - 196 farms visited and 146 reviewed.

Leave this one for the tourists, then drive past and go straight to Meerlust.

 
 
Reviewed by Jan Langenhoven - 18 June 2010 at 22:20
Super Winefly - 245 farms visited and 190 reviewed.

Need to make better quality wines available to every body.

 
 
Reviewed by Patrick Boonstra - 11 June 2010 at 21:42
Novice Winefly - 2 farms visited and 2 reviewed.

Although commercial; still a nice Yuppie-like nice atmosphere.

 
 
Reviewed by Wessel Badenhorst - 27 May 2010 at 14:06
Casual Winefly - 46 farms visited and 24 reviewed.

Catering just for tourists. Much better winefarms to visit and enjoy. Cheetahs are nice.

 
 
Reviewed by Claudine Toit - 18 May 2010 at 11:41
Casual Winefly - 20 farms visited and 11 reviewed.

Affordable wines and a lovely setting. Good option for picnic fans. Lots to see and do for families too

 
 
Reviewed by Amanda Gillespie - 20 April 2010 at 00:39
Discoverer Winefly - 84 farms visited and 7 reviewed.

Overpriced, over-commercial tourist trap. Not very friendly at all. The only redeeming point is the Moya restaurant.

 
 
Reviewed by Cobus Coetzee - 4 April 2010 at 23:07
Explorer Winefly - 128 farms visited and 90 reviewed.

Nice leopard conservancy, ok ish wines

 
 
Reviewed by Hennie Coetzee - 19 March 2010 at 23:49
Super Winefly - 249 farms visited and 185 reviewed.

Tourist trap.

 
 
Reviewed by Stefan Van Steenberge - 12 December 2009 at 00:32
Casual Winefly - 43 farms visited and 12 reviewed.

My first visit of a truly commercial farm, but I was there to taste! I was there on a monday afternoon (from now on I’ll always plan my trips on mondays :) and it was not busy at all. I had a fabulous host and she was really interested in my beer tasting history (that’s what I do back home in Belgium)
Offcourse I chose to go for the private collection tasting but ended up tasting all privates + the whole creative block range. It was also a nice surprise to find out my sommelier also poured the Frans K Smit in my glass which after all still is a R700 bottle.
Interesting Private Collection Pinotage. Contrast aroma taste !

 
 
Reviewed by Mark Pryce - 5 November 2009 at 09:29
Discoverer Winefly - 71 farms visited and 68 reviewed.

Very touristy and a bit cold. Hosts are just servers. Pleasantly surprised by their Private Collection wines especially the Pinotage
Highly overrated

 
 
Reviewed by Stephan Steyn - 22 September 2009 at 20:41
Discoverer Winefly - 63 farms visited and 44 reviewed.

well a BIG place indeed, they do have a wide variety of wines which will be able to please all the palates that enter the tasting room!! i did find the restaurant very interesting and a good menu to go with it, then the ducks quaking around your feet hey… thats interesting! the views by the eatery are also great on a sunny day!

 
 
Reviewed by Hester Gikas - 1 July 2009 at 15:06
Casual Winefly - 30 farms visited and 20 reviewed.

Spier has also changed their times different to what is published in the 2009 Stellenbosch Wine Routes booklet – which is inevitably just bad marketing.

 
 
Reviewed by Andrew Chigorimbo - 20 May 2009 at 16:40
Secret Winefly - 380 farms visited and 305 reviewed.

Just like the Circus Spier has something for everyone. Too much action here and after being there for an hour you even forget thay have a tasting room. Way too commercial but i suppose there had to be one of these.
Helen the assistant marketer is absolutely amazing they took the time to actually approach the university wine society and wanted to get involved.

 
 
Reviewed by Madame de Wyn - 17 May 2009 at 11:51
Secret Winefly - 360 farms visited and 454 reviewed.

The Mother-ship of all commercial Wine Estates. Spiers’ motto must definitely be: GO BIG OR GO HOME! Once you have found a parking space you can enter the wonderland of experiences that they have on offer. It’s obviously not my first visit to Spier and I don’t think that it will be my last. Apart from the fact that it’s extremely busy, it’s always a pleasure to walk around the farm, shops and historical buildings. It’s almost as if you are at a carnival, and I think they even have the rides to go with it.

Unfortunately the tasting room was so busy, that we could not even see the bar counter. Better luck next time?

 
 
Reviewed by Markus Pienaar - 31 December 2008 at 18:32
Casual Winefly - 0 farms visited and 287 reviewed.

This is THE best place to end off you day or your route visit. Inlude this one in every day and close off with this one, because if you stop here, the staff will make sure you are kept happy and filled with laughter, be prepared to stay and spend some money, which is well worth it. The wines is truly great!!! loved my 3 visits in 4 day here

 
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