Gary Jordan and his wife, Kathy, spent two years studying winemaking at the University of California at Davis . Gary's Geology degree combined with Kathy's Economics degree have given South Africa's first husband-and-wife winemaking team insight into winemaking from soil preparation through to the marketing of their wines.

The Jordans are meticulous about their canopy management, use of drip irrigation, and utilizing to their advantage the unique situation of the farm, as they have North-, South-, East- and West-facing aspects. Therefore they have not needed to specialise in either red or white wines, but have planted the varieties requiring cooler conditions high up on the south and east facing slopes and the varieties requiring warmer conditions on the north and west facing slopes.

These above factors all support their philosophy of “ Farming for Flavours ”: what is done in the vineyards ensure that quality grapes are harvested into the cellar at the correct ripeness, thereby making the winemaking job a much easier one.

Although not registered as an estate, Jordan operates in a far stricter way than most South African estates. All grapes are grown on the property and only mature vineyards are used for their wines, and these are all crushed, fermented, barrel-aged, bottled and labeled on the property. It has often been said that wines are only as good as the vineyards they come from, which explains the Jordan 's philosophy that quality wine is made in the vineyards.

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