Our History
Oculus vineyard was originally the Edgecombe Vineyard, planted by Mr Lloyd Edgecombe over 20 years ago. There is approximately 13 Ha of vines with 11 varieties growing at an altitude of 830m. There are major plantings of Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Shiraz, Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and Pinot Gris. There are smaller blocks of Gruner Veltliner, Voignier, Sauvignon Blanc, Arneis and Tempranillo.
Since taking over the vineyard 18 months ago, Oculus wines has been busy rejuvenating the vineyard with significant program of repair and replacement of infrastructure.
We have started a program of organic spraying, undervine cultivation and midrow cropping with the aim of growing grapes in an organic method and, in the future, organic certification.
The 2020 season was difficult due to the severe drought and smoke. We could only produce and small batch of white wine in our first vintage. It is a field blend of Pinot Gris, Arneis and Sauvignon Blanc. We have just bottled vintage for 2021 with the harvest of Pinot Noir for bubblies !