Seavin

What Seavin does

Seavin Incorporated is a privately held, family-owned winemaking company founded in 1983 by Gary Cox in Tallahassee, Florida. The company operates with the stated mission of reviving the heritage of quality winemaking in Florida. It runs two physical winery and tasting room locations: Lakeridge Winery and Vineyards in Clermont, FL, and San Sebastian Winery in St. Augustine, FL, where it conducts educational tours every 15-20 minutes comprising a video presentation, a facility walking tour, and tastings of several produced wines. Seavin markets three distinct wine brands across these locations: San Sebastian Wine, Lakeridge Wine, and Sweet Ride Wine (a dessert-style line).

The company's underlying product technology is traditional winemaking with heritage processes; no proprietary technology, patents, or trademarks are disclosed in the source material. There are no AI/ML capabilities, APIs, or integrations indicated. Distribution is multi-channel: direct-to-consumer sales at the two tasting rooms, online sales through three brand-owned e-commerce storefronts (sansebastianwinery.com, lakeridgewinery.com, sweetridewine.com), and B2B wholesale distribution via a private authenticated portal serving retailers and distributors.

Seavin's go-to-motion is predominantly experiential direct-to-consumer tourism plus online retail, with a secondary wholesale arm. Its customer segments are individual wine consumers and visitors (primary) and wholesale buyers/retailers (secondary). The company is headquartered in Tallahassee, FL, operates exclusively within Florida, employs 11-50 people, and has no disclosed institutional investors, funding rounds, M&A, partnerships, or executive hires beyond the founder.

Name

Seavin

Legal name

Seavin Incorporated

Website

https://seavin.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1983

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Seavin is a privately held, family-owned Florida winery founded in 1983, producing three wine brands (Lakeridge, San Sebastian, Sweet Ride) and selling through two tasting room locations, brand e-commerce sites, and a private wholesale portal.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Wine Production

NAICS

Wineries (312130)

SIC

Beverages (2080)

akta.pro primary industry

Wine Production & Winemaking (AFAFAAAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Wine & Sparkling Wine Wineries & Brands (CRADAIAB), Wineries & Vineyards (Tasting Rooms) (THAFALAE), Wine Tastings & Vineyard/Winery Tours (THAJAGAD)

Keywords

• Florida winery
• Grape wine production
• Wine tasting tours
• Wholesale wine distribution
• Direct-to-consumer wine

Headquarters

HQ city

Clermont

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Direct Wine Sales: Revenue generated through direct wine sales to consumers visiting winery tasting rooms, with tours running every 15-20 minutes including video presentation, facility walking tour, and wine tasting of several wines produced.
2. Wholesale Distribution: Wholesale distribution through private wholesale portal for retailers and distributors carrying the company's wine brands (Lakeridge Wine, San Sebastian Wine, Sweet Ride Wine).
3. E-commerce Direct Sales: Online sales through company-owned e-commerce storefronts including sansebastianwinery.com, lakeridgewinery.com, and sweetridewine.com.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Seavin produces traditional grape wines under three proprietary brands — San Sebastian Wine, Lakeridge Wine, and Sweet Ride Wine — at two Florida winery facilities. The company sells these wines directly to consumers through on-site tasting rooms, company-operated e-commerce websites, and guided tours and tastings, while also distributing them to trade buyers via a private authenticated wholesale portal.

Product overview

Seavin Incorporated is a privately held family-owned winemaking company founded in 1983 by Gary Cox in Tallahassee, Florida. The company operates a portfolio of three distinct wine brands: San Sebastian Wine (from San Sebastian Winery in St. Augustine), Lakeridge Wine (from Lakeridge Winery and Vineyards in Clermont), and Sweet Ride Wine. The company also offers wine tours and tastings at its winery locations, providing educational experiences about winemaking processes and wine production history.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• San Sebastian Wine San Sebastian Wine is one of Seavin's three proprietary Florida-produced wine brands, sold to consumers through the company's winery tasting rooms and company-operated e-commerce websites and to trade buyers through the private wholesale portal.
• Lakeridge Wine Lakeridge Wine is one of Seavin's three proprietary Florida-produced wine brands, produced at the Lakeridge Winery in Clermont, FL, and sold to consumers via tasting rooms and e-commerce and to trade buyers via the wholesale portal.
• Sweet Ride Wine Sweet Ride Wine is the third of Seavin's three proprietary Florida-produced wine brands, sold alongside San Sebastian and Lakeridge wines through the company's tasting rooms, e-commerce websites, and wholesale portal.
• Winery Tours and Tastings On-site guided tours and wine tasting experiences offered at both of Seavin's Florida winery locations — Lakeridge Winery in Clermont, FL, and San Sebastian Winery in St. Augustine, FL — for visiting consumers and tourists, serving as both a direct sales channel and a brand experience for the three wine brands.

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights2 records

Broad incumbents

• Hahn Family Wines: Family-owned California winery with multiple labels, DTC, and wholesale distribution. Comparable to Seavin as a family-driven, multi-brand heritage producer operating DTC, wholesale, and e-commerce channels, though at larger geographic and revenue scale.
• E. & J. Gallo Winery: Largest family-owned wine company in the world with an extensive multi-brand portfolio and national distribution. Comparable to Seavin on family ownership heritage, but vastly larger in scale, brand count, and distribution reach — useful as an incumbent benchmark for category structure.
• Rodney Strong Vineyards: Family-heritage Sonoma County winery with a portfolio of wine brands, DTC tasting experiences, and national wholesale distribution. Comparable to Seavin on family heritage narrative and DTC/wholesale channel mix, though operating at significantly larger scale.
• Ste. Michelle Wine Estates: Major U.S. wine producer with heritage vineyards (Chateau Ste. Michelle) and a broad multi-brand portfolio spanning DTC tasting rooms, wholesale, and national retail. Comparable to Seavin on heritage branding and DTC/wholesale distribution mix, though at substantially larger scale.
• Delicato Family Vineyards: Family-owned California wine company with a multi-brand portfolio (including Noble Vines, Black Box) covering DTC, wholesale, and private label. Comparable to Seavin on family-owned multi-brand architecture and DTC-plus-wholesale channel structure.
• Trinchero Family Estates: Family-owned multi-brand wine producer (Sutter Home, Trinchero, Joel Gott, etc.) with national distribution. Comparable to Seavin on family ownership and multi-brand architecture, but operates at far larger scale across multiple price tiers and regions.

Direct peers

• Bogle Vineyards: Multi-generational, family-owned California winery with a portfolio of multiple wine brands, DTC tasting-room sales, and broad distribution. Closely comparable to Seavin on ownership structure, multi-brand portfolio, and family-led heritage positioning, though at larger scale.
• Florida Orange Groves Winery: Florida-based winery producing wines from Florida-grown fruit, including dessert and citrus-style wines, with a tasting-room retail model. Most direct geographic and product overlap with Seavin's Florida heritage, tasting-room-driven DTC strategy.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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