The Ojai Vineyard

Our Cyber Deals are here! We’ve hand selected some of our favorite ready-to-enjoy wines to offer at 20% off to Ojai Vineyard fans. Visit our website and place your order by Monday for these special prices. https://www.ojaivineyard.com/collection/special-offers

Featured in our Thanksgiving Trio for $79, our newly released 2018 Grenache shows muddled berries with a hit of kirsch, lavender and allspicethis expands outward, and that juicy berry medley fleshes out a supple palate with spicy tannins. Shop our Thanksgiving Trio here: https://www.ojaivineyard.com/product/thanksgiving-trio-2020

We have introduced online reservations for your tasting room visit, starting today! We are now open 12-6 PM Wednesday-Sunday. Masks are required, maximum group size is six and maximum seating time is 90 minutes. https://www.ojaivineyard.com//tasting-room-table-reservat/

New October Tasting Room Hours! Wine Club Member exclusive days are Wednesdays and Sundays 12-6 PM for order pick up or "stay and play" reservations to enjoy a couple glasses on the patio when you grab your wines. General public hours are Thursday-Saturday 12-6 PM.

Our 2020 Harvest is complete, and our staff is ready to celebrate. Our tasting room will be closing at 4pm today, last pour, 3:30!

New October Tasting Room Hours! Wine Club Member exclusive days are Wednesdays and Sundays 12-6pm for order pickup or stay and play reservations to enjoy a couple glasses on the patio when you grab your wines. General public hours are Thursday-Saturday 12-6pm.

The 2020 harvest has been a wild one for sure. We're lucky none of our fruit experienced smoke taint issues, however the multiple heat waves definitely kept Adam on his feet. Decades of experience helped us make the right call to pull in the Pinot Noir before the Labor Day120 degrees weekend too. Everything is tasting great so far!

Perfect clusters of Chardonnay- which vineyard is your favorite Ojai Vineyard style: Solomon Hills, Bien Nacido, or Puerta Del Mar?

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Summer in a bottle- Our 2018 Sauvignon Blanc, available by the bottle at our tasting room, or to-go and enjoy in your own sunny backyard. We're open 12-6 PM, Thursday-Sunday here in Ojai. We love Sauv Blanc with oysters, or some good bread and goat cheese. As for aging, it's fresh and ready now, though the 1998 is still drinking great, so this is a worthy white to exercise your cellar discipline!

If you know Charlie, then you know his passion for teaching those new to wine, or ready to learn more, is irresistible. In the tasting room, you often see him pulling a giant section of cork tree bark out from behind the counter, or excitedly encouraging patrons to truly stick their noses in the tasting glass and share whatever aromas come to mind. Stop by our tasting room on Sunday's to get the full experience with Charlie!

Toast to Ojai summers by enjoy a glass on our Tasting Room outdoor patio, Thursday-Sunday, 12-6 PM!

Simple snacks are often the best. Here, wine club member Perla pairs our Sans Soufre Ajoue with her husband's delicious sourdough bread found at Ojai Rôtie. Without sulfites used at any stage this wine offers a wholly different sense of juicy texture and openness. Flavors roll forward with the ease of a long unfurling rug. The flavor impact is powerful but creamy, rounded, and it paves the way for plush purply waves of cassis and mulberry, then a smoky crackle of pepper, roasted herbs and allspice.

We checked in with Adam regarding his preliminary 2020 Harvest thoughts, and here's what he had to share: Like 2018 and 2019, it looks like 2020 will ripen in late August through October, which is what we though was normal until we had very early harvests in 2012-2017. 2014 was so early I think we started and finished it all in the month of August! What’s nice about a normal harvest is that for many varietals the final ripening occurs during cooler weather in late September and October, and we’ve found that those last three weeks before harvest have an enormous influence on the wine. The weather so far has been very cooperative, with mild weather from May through July. From here on out we just have to hope for the best and roll with the punches.

Veraison has arrived for our Estate Ojai Vineyard! In viticulture, veraison is the onset of ripening. The term is originally French, but has been adopted into English use. The official definition of veraison is "change of color of the grape berries".

Dessert wine lovers, REJOYCE! Our 2019 "Ice Wine" Riesling is now available in both our Ojai Tasting Room and online. When choosing to make a dessert wine out of Riesling for the first time, we knew we had the experience, but this great grape surprised us. Riesling’s perfume and natural acidity are wonderful attributes that bring a level of drinkability and deliciousness we hadn’t seen before. The evocative aromas of peach and pear are followed by flavors of honey, peach and buttered toast- pairing nicely with sweet, baked desserts or delicious après dinner cheese board.