Concentrated Flavors
Smaller berries with thicker skins produce intense, focused fruit character.
Why Elevation Matters
Extreme elevation means cooler temperatures, intense sunlight, and dramatic day-night swings—conditions that produce wines with natural acidity, structure, and depth.
Bright Natural Acidity
Dramatic day-night temperature swings preserve freshness and balance.
Layered Complexity
Steep slopes and varied terrain create distinct microclimates in every block.
Mineral Character
Poor soils and rocky shale force vines deep, extracting pure terroir expression.
Accolades
Though young, Ojai Mountain has already earned recognition from wine's most respected voices.
96 points
2022 Syrah
“Boasting a flush of balanced acidity and racy, engaging textures, this is such an impressive wine. I'm taken aback by how much this already feels like it has its own voice. The future is very bright at Ojai Mountain.”
Billy Norris
Wine Critic
Editors' Choice
2022 Estate White
“From a very exciting mountaintop estate overlooking almost all of Ventura County, this white blend offers lively aromas of Asian pear, cherimoya and melon rind on the layered nose.”
Matt Kettmann
Wine Critic
Cellar Selection
2020 Estate Red
“There are many reasons to lay this wine down for years to come. It’s firmly built, featuring mountaintop-influenced tannins. Secondly, it’s the inaugural vintage of one of the more interesting estates to come to California in years.”
Matt Kettmann
Wine Critic
Our Team
Meet the winemaker
Erich Bradley has spent more than 25 vintages shaping wines that speak clearly of where they come from. Erich brings both scientific precision and an intuitive feel for the land, earned from years of small-lot winemaking across California.
“I fell in love with this place immediately. There was a visceral reaction when I first set foot on the property.”
His approach is meticulous but never formulaic. Each block is harvested and fermented separately, layered later for depth and tension. Native yeasts start the fermentations, small lots preserve character, and nothing is rushed. The result is wines that are fresh, lifted, and true to their mountain origin.
Our Commitment
Sustainable From Soil to Bottle
Ojai Mountain was selected for the Slow Wine Guide 2025, an international honor recognizing wineries committed to sustainable, high-quality winemaking. The guide evaluates soil health, water conservation, biodiversity, and pollinator protection—standards we have built into every decision we make.
We farm organically, intervene minimally in the cellar, and let our mountain terroir speak for itself.
Shop Our Wine Collection
Our high-altitude vineyard has earned recognition from Forbes, Decanter, Wine Enthusiast, and leading sommeliers who recognize Ojai Mountain as one of California's most distinctive emerging estates.
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Our high-altitude vineyard has earned recognition from Forbes, Decanter, Wine Enthusiast, and leading sommeliers who recognize Ojai Mountain as one of California's most distinctive emerging estates.
Pick Your Adventure
Visit highest elevation winery in Ojai. From vineyard tours to vintage jeep rides up the mountain, every visit to our private estate is unforgettable.
Wine Tasting & Estate Tour
Enjoy a private open-air vineyard tour to learn about our grape varieties and biodynamic farming, followed by a sommelier-guided tasting of estate wines with small bites.
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Wine Tasting with Jeep Transport
If you need transportation to our vineyard from Ojai, there’s no better way to enjoy the breathtaking mountain scenery than in an open-air vintage jeep. Offered in partnership with Cloud Climbers Jeep Tours.
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Custom Wine Tasting Events
Beyond the bottle, we create moments to remember. Our mountain vineyard is the perfect setting for: proposals, elopements, weddings and photoshoots.
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Mountain Vineyard Retreat
Ojai Mountain Ridge, our villa next door to the estate vineyard, welcomes guests for private stays. Visitors may walk across to the vines for guided tastings with our sommelier, or watch the sun sink into the Pacific from the terrace, glass in hand.
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Guest Reflections
Your Questions, Answered
From vineyard visits to our winemaking philosophy—find answers to the most common questions about Ojai Mountain.
Ojai Mountain is a small, high-altitude vineyard and private estate located on a ridge in Upper Ojai. We grow Rhône varieties and Tempranillo at 2,800 feet, farm organically, and produce artisan estate wines.
The vineyard sits at roughly 2,800 feet. The elevation brings cooler nights and steady winds which shape the structure and tension in the wines.
Visits are by appointment only, as all tastings are private and guided.
Yes. The Ojai Mountain Ridge villa, located near the vineyard, is available for private stays directly through our website or through Airbnb, VRBO and Booking.com.
We focus on Rhône grapes — Syrah, Grenache, Mourvèdre, Grenache Blanc, Roussanne, Picpoul — along with Tempranillo. Original blocks are trellised. Plantings of new head-trained blocks are being added as the vineyard develops.
Yes. The vineyard is farmed organically with a focus on soil health, biodiversity, and regenerative approach. Cover crops, compost, and wildlife-friendly practices guide the farming. We keep bees on the estate.
Erich Bradley leads winemaking for Ojai Mountain, working with fruit grown exclusively on the estate.
The wines are produced from our estate fruit and made under Erich Bradley’s direction in Sonoma. All fruit comes from our Ojai Mountain estate.
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