Press & Recognition

A New Voice in California Wine

From Vinous to Decanter, Forbes to the San Francisco Chronicle — Ojai Mountain has drawn the attention of wine's most trusted voices since our first vintage. Here's what they've said.

Critical Acclaim

Vinous

Billy Norris

962022 Syrah
WE Editors' Choice

Fleshy, resonant and loaded with character... I'm taken aback by how much this already feels like it has its own voice. The future is very bright at Ojai Mountain.”

Wine Enthusiast

Matt Kettmann

952023 Mourvèdre
WE Top 100 Cellar Selection

This destined-to-be-legendary mountaintop estate is starting to show its potential in this elegantly mineral-driven bottling.”

Vinous

Billy Norris

Deeply concentrated but driven and upright — a Syrah of exceptional balance and real potential.”

Vinous

Billy Norris

942022 Estate White
WE Editors' Choice

This is an incredibly distinctive wine... Orange zest, chamomile and sea spray — a precise phenolic build that grips the tongue long past the finish. This is what terroir is all about.”

Vinous

Billy Norris

Undoubtedly a bellwether of very exciting things to come. I cannot wait to taste this in future vintages.”

Wine Enthusiast

Matt Kettmann

932020 Estate Red
WE Top 100 Cellar Selection

The inaugural vintage of one of the more interesting estates to come to California in years.”

Vinous

Billy Norris

This is a wine of real identity, with a discernible site signature already in place. I can't wait to see what this site will do as the vines age.”

Wine Enthusiast

Matt Kettmann

912024 Estate White
WE Cellar Selection

Fruity aromas of apple and mango prove quite juicy on the nose of this bottling from a vineyard located high above Ojai and the rest of Ventura County. This has the bones to age a while.”

“This is one of the most exciting new projects I’ve encountered in California in some time. I found myself thinking about these wines weeks after I tasted them.”
Billy Norris, Vinous

Featured In

Accolades

Vinous Icons 2026 event

Featured at Vinous Icons 2026: Cool-Climate California

Winemaker Erich Bradley represented Ojai Mountain at the Vinous Icons 2026 Cool-Climate California Masterclass-a seminar examining the terroirs defining California's coolest growing regions.

Moderated by Vinous senior editor Billy Norris, the tasting brought together 10 estates from Sonoma Coast, Santa Cruz Mountains, Santa Lucia Highlands, and Santa Barbara County. Ojai Mountain was the only Ventura County producer invited and the southernmost cool-climate estate on the panel.

Bradley poured the 2023 Mourvedre alongside Kistler Vineyards, Rhys Vineyards, Domaine de la Cote, Hirsch Vineyards, DuMOL, Roar Wines, Clarice Wine Company, Denner Vineyards, and Far Mountain-a lineup reflecting the depth and range of California cool-climate winegrowing.

“This is one of the most exciting new projects I’ve encountered in California in some time. I found myself thinking about these wines weeks after I tasted them.”
Billy Norris, Vinous

At 2,800 feet on Sulphur Mountain, Ojai Mountain occupies one of the state’s most extreme high-elevation sites, where Pacific influence, diurnal temperature swings exceeding 50F, and fractured Monterey shale create wines of uncommon refinement.

Press & Media Resources

For press inquiries and interview requests, reach us at info@ojaimountainestate.com

Or download our press kit below — it includes high-resolution images with usage rights, winemaker bio and headshots, brand logos in light and dark versions, and a one-page fact sheet with everything you need to know about the estate.

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