Ochota Barrels

The Ochota story began in 2000, Taras and Amber Ochota had been travelling around some of the world’s best wine and surf regions and decided to make premium wines back home in South Australia.

They farm older plots with old bush vines. A holistic approach in the vineyard, hands-off, minimum-intervention approach to winemaking: picking early to maintain natural acidity, indigenous yeasts, whole-bunch pressing the whites, whole-bunch fermentation and longer maceration for the reds. Texture is an important focus. The wines are mouthwatering, they have a compelling energy and nervous tension. In Taras' own words "We just want to produce something delicious and gorgeous for all of us to enjoy with none of the nasties and more of the love".

Taras died suddenly in 2020. He was a huge talent. His wife Amber continues the project with the team.