Carving out an exciting new niche for local art in the Cape vineyards

Last edited: February 17, 2010

Posted by Business and Arts South Africa

Written by Katy Chance

Source: Business Day
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Wine and art have a long and richly overlapping history in this country — and now they have reached something of a creative block. Katy Chance speaks to some members of the brains trust making the lost of the impasse.

The tie-in, if you’re a fan of wine — and who isn’t? — is obvious. Blocks of original art, bought and arranged to make your own personalised, single collection, analogised to blocks of handpicked vineyards used to create a blended wine unique to an estate. And we have Spier, with its philanthropic support of owners the Enthoven family, to thank for both.

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