Winemaker of the Year Finalist- Gourmet Wine Traveller
“Taras Ochota, through his creativity, resourcefulness and imagination, has loaded his barrels and fired a massive shot across the bows of the Australian wine industry.” By Andrew Caillard MW
“Ochota Barrels wines are of high quality and brash personality but perhaps the greatest measure of Ochota’s success is how he has broached the conversation about natural wine and given a new currency to Australia’s wine image.” By Mike Bennie
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Listed in the Top 100 Wineries in the world – Wine and Spirits Magazine USA
The Fugazi Vineyard was also the highest scoring grenache in the world for 2016
“Taras Ochota searches out exceptional old- vine sites in South Australia, turning out some of the freshest and most exciting Aussie grenache and syrah we tasted this year.”
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Young Gun of Wine Winner
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Best New Australian Winery – Sydney Morning Herald/ Melbourne Age Good Wine Guide
“Taras Ochota has shown an amazing ability to learn and observe, then create and interpret opportunities to buy quality parcels of grapes, and to conceive and craft great wine with a unique flair and innate intuitive gift. It is a rare talent and the wines he makes are as inspiring as they are impressive.” By Nick Stock.
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Other Recent Reviews…
- Decanter magazine- January 2020
- New York Flatiron Wines & Spirits- January 2020
- Business times SG- 2019
- Travel and Lesisure India- 2019
- Australian Wine Unmatched Raw Power- 2019
- Winemaker of the Year finalist 2017- Gourmet Traveller Wine
- Natural wines- Radio National May 2017
- Tasting Australia- April 2017
- Adelaide Now- Adelaide Hills Tour- March 2017
- The Drinks Business- February 2017
- Australian Wine Companion- Story of Taras Ochota- February 2017
- Top 100 Wineries in the World of 2016- Wine & Spirits Magazine- 2016
- Wine Australia- Surfer. Punk. Winemaker- August 2016
- The Real Review- Huon Hooke April 2016
- NOMA’s Rene Redzepi on Ochota Barrels (Conde Nast traveller magazine)- Dec 2015
- The Advertiser bottle stop with Tony Love- November 2015
- The Australian- Pretty in punk- Max Allen October 2015
- Adelaide Hills Magazine- October 2015
- The Wine Detective- August 2015
- Scout Magazine – 2015
- Fool Magazine- 2015
- Gourmet Traveller 2015- Great Wine Drive
- AWOL 2015- Meet the Misfits of Wine
- Wine Detective UK 2015- Catching up with Taras Ochota
- New Daily Nov 2014- Rolling Stones visit
- The Australian- Music sooths the savage winemaker
- Gourmet Traveller – April 2014
- Wine Woman Song – January 2014
- Brisbane News – Review by Tony Harper
- Gourmet Wine Traveller – April 2014
- Melbourne Review – Review by Andrea Frost
- SA Life 2014- Review by David Sly
- Wine Spectator – August 2014