{"id":42,"date":"2017-10-17T14:49:13","date_gmt":"2017-10-17T12:49:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.seamountainwines.com\/?page_id=42"},"modified":"2018-05-18T11:51:35","modified_gmt":"2018-05-18T09:51:35","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.seamountainwines.com\/","title":{"rendered":"SEA MOUNTAIN"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; fullwidth=&#8221;on&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.105&#8243;][et_pb_fullwidth_slider _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.105&#8243; parallax=&#8221;on&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; animation_style=&#8221;fade&#8221; animation_duration=&#8221;600ms&#8221; animation_delay=&#8221;450ms&#8221; auto=&#8221;on&#8221; auto_speed=&#8221;4000&#8243; auto_ignore_hover=&#8221;on&#8221; box_shadow_style=&#8221;preset6&#8243; box_shadow_blur=&#8221;10px&#8221; box_shadow_color=&#8221;rgba(0,0,0,0.1)&#8221;][et_pb_slide _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.105&#8243; background_image=&#8221;http:\/\/www.seamountainwines.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Image-1.jpg&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;50%||50%|&#8221;][\/et_pb_slide][et_pb_slide _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.105&#8243; background_image=&#8221;http:\/\/www.seamountainwines.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Steve-14.jpg&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;50%||50%|&#8221;][\/et_pb_slide][et_pb_slide _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.105&#8243; background_image=&#8221;http:\/\/www.seamountainwines.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Image-2.jpg&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;50%||50%|&#8221;][\/et_pb_slide][et_pb_slide _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.105&#8243; background_image=&#8221;http:\/\/www.seamountainwines.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Image-3.jpg&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;50%||50%|&#8221;][\/et_pb_slide][\/et_pb_fullwidth_slider][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; background_color=&#8221;#03305d&#8221; module_id=&#8221;Story&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.105&#8243; custom_margin=&#8221;|||&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_row custom_margin=&#8221;||-10px|&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.105&#8243;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.47&#8243; parallax=&#8221;off&#8221; parallax_method=&#8221;on&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.105&#8243; text_font=&#8221;Crimson Text||||||||&#8221; text_font_size=&#8221;16px&#8221; text_text_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; text_letter_spacing_last_edited=&#8221;on|desktop&#8221; text_line_height=&#8221;2.3em&#8221; header_font=&#8221;Julius Sans One||||||||&#8221; header_font_size=&#8221;39px&#8221; header_text_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; text_orientation=&#8221;center&#8221; module_alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;-50px||-200px|&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;20px||20px|&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>MY STORY<\/b><\/h1>\n<p>Hitch hiking Europe 1987. Arrive Beaune, France. Walk through vineyards from the motorway and onto the town\u2019s beautiful cobbled streets. Wow. Fate sealed. Much networking (beer drinking) at Pickwicks resulted in two vintages at the beautiful Domaine Bertagna in Vougeot working with winemaker Roland Masse, (more recently Hospice de Beaune fame), followed by vintages in Bordeaux, Spain &amp; South Africa. Who was the first flying winemaker anyway&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Fast forward a few years &amp; back in Cape Town, South Africa. What a place. Mountains, oceans, sunshine &amp; vineyards. Paradise? Home is now at the foot of the majestic Table Mountain. Doesn\u2019t get much better than that especially if you love living life to the full. Climbing, running and biking on the mountain, or simply gazing at it, forces you to smile no matter what you feel like. What an inspiration&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>I have been in the wine business for over 25 years having worked in Burgundy, Bordeaux, Spain, Portugal , UK, Chile &amp; South Africa. I have been involved in all areas of the business from wine making to marketing. When I am not involved with something vinous or on that mountain I spend as much time as I can with my family.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; fullwidth=&#8221;on&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.105&#8243;][et_pb_fullwidth_slider _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.105&#8243; parallax=&#8221;on&#8221; parallax_method=&#8221;on&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; animation_style=&#8221;fade&#8221; animation_duration=&#8221;650ms&#8221; animation_delay=&#8221;450ms&#8221; auto=&#8221;on&#8221; auto_speed=&#8221;4000&#8243; auto_ignore_hover=&#8221;on&#8221;][et_pb_slide use_bg_overlay=&#8221;off&#8221; use_text_overlay=&#8221;off&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.105&#8243; background_image=&#8221;http:\/\/www.seamountainwines.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Steve-10-copy.jpg&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;35%||35%|&#8221; custom_padding_tablet=&#8221;35%||35%|&#8221; custom_padding_phone=&#8221;35%||35%|&#8221; custom_button=&#8221;off&#8221; button_on_hover=&#8221;on&#8221;][\/et_pb_slide][et_pb_slide use_bg_overlay=&#8221;off&#8221; use_text_overlay=&#8221;off&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.105&#8243; background_image=&#8221;http:\/\/www.seamountainwines.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Steve-11-copy.jpg&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;35%||35%|&#8221; custom_padding_tablet=&#8221;35%||35%|&#8221; custom_padding_phone=&#8221;35%||35%|&#8221; custom_button=&#8221;off&#8221; button_on_hover=&#8221;on&#8221;][\/et_pb_slide][\/et_pb_fullwidth_slider][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; background_color=&#8221;#03305d&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.105&#8243;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.105&#8243;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.47&#8243; parallax=&#8221;off&#8221; parallax_method=&#8221;on&#8221;][et_pb_text module_id=&#8221;WINEMAKING&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.105&#8243; text_font=&#8221;Crimson Text||||||||&#8221; text_font_size=&#8221;16px&#8221; text_text_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; text_line_height=&#8221;2.3em&#8221; header_font=&#8221;Julius Sans One|300|||||||&#8221; header_text_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;-50px||-75px|&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;20px|||&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>WINEMAKING &amp; PHILOSOPHY<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Living in the Cape gave me the first real opportunity to make wines for myself. I wanted to produce wines which had broad appeal yet with elegance and complexity, delivering genuine value for money. You taste a glass, you want to finish the bottle! In turn this had to be represented by something which truly inspired me &amp; has a big influence on the wine regions of the Cape &#8211;\u00a0Table Mountain or Sea Mountain was a perfect fit. It\u2019s also where South Africa\u2019s very first vineyards were planted in 1652.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I try to keep things simple, not always easy, but wine helps &amp; I try to have as much fun as I can.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; fullwidth=&#8221;on&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.105&#8243;][et_pb_fullwidth_image _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.105&#8243; background_image=&#8221;http:\/\/www.seamountainwines.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/CU-3.jpg&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;|||&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;50%|||&#8221;][\/et_pb_fullwidth_image][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; background_color=&#8221;#03305d&#8221; module_id=&#8221;Label&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.105&#8243;][et_pb_row custom_margin=&#8221;-20px||-10px|&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.105&#8243;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.47&#8243; parallax=&#8221;off&#8221; parallax_method=&#8221;on&#8221;][et_pb_text background_layout=&#8221;dark&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.105&#8243; text_font=&#8221;Crimson Text||||||||&#8221; text_font_size=&#8221;16px&#8221; text_line_height=&#8221;2.3em&#8221; header_font=&#8221;Julius Sans One||||||||&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;-10px||-20px|&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>LABEL<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The Sea Mountain crest depicts the outline of Table Mountain &amp; on each side is a picture of the Devil &amp; a Cape Lion. A metaphor for Devils Peak and Lions Head, the two peaks which frame the landmark. Underneath is the sea and the word Hoerikwaggo. 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Limestone soils add great elegance to many wines &amp; are rare to find outside the classic French vineyards of Champagne, Loire &amp; Burgundy. The chalky soil is ideal for fruit and mineral character whilst the red shale on the hills gives the wine structure. The South Easter wind blows up from Table Mountain during the summer months, cooling the vineyards and keeping them healthy. Table Mountain acts like a catapult, as the wind powers around the mountain, over the Cape Flats, through the Hottentot Holland mountains and inland. The temperature falls from an average of 30 degrees at midday to 15 at night. 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Approachable to all yet with a soft, mineral complexity whilst reflecting their varietal characteristics. 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Lesser known fact: The amphibian\u2019s name will likely inspire the name of an up-and-coming Cape Town indie rock band, or a bottle of wine &#8211; watch this space.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Legend has it, the \u2018tablecloth\u2019 is the outcome of a smoking contest between the devil and a pirate named Captain Jan van Hunks \u2013 Quick definition: the \u2018tablecloth\u2019 is the\u00a0cloud formation that develops over the top of Table Mountain as a result of the forced lifting of air by the earth\u2019s topography.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">That being said, much like Donald Trump\u2019s ego,\u00a0Table Mountain is still growing.\u00a0\u00a0Over 250 million years ago, Africa was considered to be the centre of supercontinent Pangaea. Around 165 million years ago, Pangaea fragmented into two parts, one of them being Gondwanaland. This then also started splitting, and Africa emerged as a stand-alone continent at the 100 million-year-ago mark. 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