Dick Enthoven’s appropriation of contemporary art to further the fortunes of his Spier wine brand, is far from unique. In fact art is the new wine. Tom Riley, artist and winemaker, is the international moody face of Penfolds, the South Australian wine behemoth responsible for Australia’s first global wine icon: Penfold’s Grange. Read More…
The Spier estate in Stellenbosch – on the Helderberg even, if you believe the pricey sixth edition of the World Atlas of Wine by Hugh Johnson and Jancis Robinson – is the closest SA comes to Disney Does Wine. If it doesn’t rain (the roof leaks), you can also visit a terrific contemporary art exhibition which has some uncanny parallels to wine shows. Read More…