Goat tower

The first goat tower was built at Aveleda, a winery in Portugal's Vinho Verde region.

[13][14] According to Almeida, he was travelling in South Africa and stumbled across another goat tower and called an uncle to tell him about it.

[19][20] The names were seen as a derogatory comment on the concept of terroir, which posits that unique environmental factors affect agricultural products such as grapes in ways that preclude calling two wines made from identical grapes grown in different areas by the same name.

A 2004 story in Decanter magazine said the name had "irked France's terroir creator and protector, the INAO (Institut National des Appellations d’Origine)", who worry that "some Americans may not see the difference between the wines".

[23][24][25] The tower is constructed of 5000 hand-made bricks and has 276 steps made of concrete slabs reinforced with rebar.

[1][19] Chef Elizabeth Holm, who runs the restaurant at Ekeby, has a tattoo of the goat tower over most of her back.

The goat tower at Fairview Winery in South Africa inspired the one at Henly Hills, which was hand constructed from cinder blocks and masonry.

It has a sloped metal roof and wooden blocks serve as steps onto the tower platforms.