The Pyramid
Summerhill ages barrels and finished wines in a geometrically precise Pyramid. Built with no ferrous metals, having no electricity in the chamber, and being aligned to True North, the Pyramid is the wine's temple. This aging period is the final step in the production process when the wine (which is alive, by the way) recovers from bottle shock and is infused with the music of the spheres. What is different inside a pyramid? How does it affect the wine and people inside? There are no easy answers to these questions. The Pyramid connects us to the unseen world of pure form, and to things surpassing the intellect's understanding.
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The Preciseness of the Structure
A Cheops, or Great Pyramid, replica is the only pyramid shape that is both Pi and Phi. The overall length of the base is twice that of the height; and this is in direct correlation to the same relationship as that of the radius or diameter of a circle to its circumference. In both cases, the value of Pi is obtained, equaling 3.14159. The angle of each side is 51°51'14.3", or the Pi angle. Along with the value of Pi, another interesting value is incorporated into the pyramid. This is Phi, better known as the Golden Section, which equals 1.6181818...
The Shape
The shape provides an opportunity to build an unusually strong "self-sufficient" building that should last for eons. There is little or no resistance to wind and the elements, or to the weight of the structure itself. A chamber is created that is conducive to the production and/or accumulation of negative ions. Negative ions have been shown to increase both brain activity and aura. Many individuals have experienced good thoughts while in the shower or after a rainfall when the air is bristling with negative ions. Dr. Valerie Hunt, of UCLA, has demonstrated the dramatic increase in aura when a person is exposed to negative ions. Her 4 1/2 minute documentary video plays, upon request, in our winery. The video is so interesting because she has actually shown several individuals' auras using computer-enhancing technology, growing and shrinking in response to stimulus and environment.
Pyramid Tachyons (Tach-ions) & Tardyons (Tard-ions)
The pyramid's effectiveness may also be explained using Einstein's concept of Tachyons and Tardyons. Tachyons are particles of invisible energy that move faster than the speed of light (that means it is faster than 186,282 miles per second). Tardyons behave in the opposite way, moving below or at the speed of light. This brings about a theoretical negative space-time. Negative space-time is 180 degrees from positive space-time. In positive space-time living organisms change from life to deterioration. In negative space-time, life moves from deterioration to rejuvenation.
It is said that the pyramid serves as the interface between positive and negative space-time. It serves as a bridge between matter and anti-matter and becomes the gate or the instrument through which two realities meet and interact. In a precise chamber with perfect geometry such as a pyramid, a dome, or a true Roman arch, (many of the finest "champagne" houses of Europe age their bottles today in ancient Roman arch cellars actually built by the Romans), the two energies come together at the same rate of speed!
If the pyramid can serve as the meeting place for positive and negative space-time, then it would not only be the oldest, largest, and most mysterious instrument invented by the mind of man, it would also be the most useful. If the ancient builders could put together an instrument in which matter and antimatter could interact, they did indeed have all the energy they could ever need.
Some scholars have speculated that the builders could not have possibly constructed the large pyramids by moving the huge boulders into place by primitive methods, but that they had some means of levitating stone. (Levitation is said to happen in negative space-time). Other studies on pyramids have claimed that the Great Pyramid was used to elevate human consciousness to other levels of existence.
The Concept of "No-Time"
Time is a "given" based on the earth's rotation around the sun in an elliptical route, but in the Pyramid with it apex circling the sun as a toy top would as it tilts while it spins, our conception of time may be "distorted". How long have we been in here? Is it time that ages wine?
Origin of Life Force
Ancient civilizations KNEW the origin of life and "life forces" and were able to build monuments such as geometrically precise pyramids and temples that represent these concepts, the Pyramid being perhaps the ultimate channel or higher attunement with the "ALL". Along with the theory that an ancient civilization built the Great Pyramid, Summerhill likes to relate the word Pyramid to Py-Ra-Mid -fire in the middle. The Pyramid is a monument that is a forever reminder that we are divine -The Fire being a G-d force or a life force energy that is within each of us.