The 200 year old advice of "cobbler stick to thy last" was not taken by the Jordan family, makers of the eponymous shoes, when Gary and Kathy Jordan returned to South Africa in 1992 to build a cellar in which to make wine from the classic varieties of grapes Gary's parents, Ted and Sheelagh had begun planting shortly after they purchased the property on the hills of Stellenbosch with its panoramic views of Table Mountain, False Bay and Stellenbosch. In 1993, the year of the first vintage on Jordan, it was evident that this was a grande marque de vin in the making.