Ochota Barrels...ahhh, illumination!

24 Harrison St, New York, NY 10013

OCHOTA BARRELS NOTES + PHILOSPHY:
-less is more…aka, hands-off winemaking with meticulous attention to detail
-grapes are picked based on acidity, not intensity of flavour…
though the Ochota Barrels wines are as yummy as a first kiss in an Adelaide bar
-the wines spend quite a bit of time on the skins, for textural purposes…
sort of like mic-ing the crap out of your drum kit
-Ochota Barrels started in 2008…but it really began on a surfing trip along the Mexico coast 
in 2000 when Amber & Taras decided winegrowing, back home in Aussie Land, 
was their mutually assured destination 
(Taras did graduate from Oenology School at Adelaide University / 
Amber made wine in Italy and oversaw production at the Nordic Sea Winery…in Sweden!)
-championed the revival of the Basket Range of the Adelaide Hills
-the logo creation was nourished by Calvados and symbolizes “the labyrinth of flavour, texture, and emotion”
-Ochota is Ukrainian for “willingness, desire” and Barrels is a surfing reference
-the music you like directs the type of wines you make 
(aka, these wines are not made by fans of stadium rock from the 1980s)
-“wine produced with none of the nasties and more of the love”
-it will be a seated gathering, at our Cellar Room Table
-6 wines will be enjoyed during the class + a welcome wine
-there will be a snack, because we  want your bellies to be happy
-there will be instruction and conversation...this is a class after all...
lasting roughly 60 minutes.
We very much look forward to celebrating
the Wines of Australia AND Ochota Barrels with you.