O'Leary Walker Wines
Clare Valley , South Australia
Winery Overview
O’Leary Walker Wines (OWW) was founded in 2000 by winemakers (and best friends) – Nick Walker and David O’Leary. Known for celebrating the best of South Australia’s grape-growing regions, we draw on the highest quality fruit varieties that excel in these varied viticultural climates. Our Clare Valley Rieslings and Shiraz’s are world class, and our international reputation has been earned through consistent quality over many decades.
We also craft a select number of cool climate wines with fruit sourced from the Adelaide Hills, many from the O’Leary family vineyards. In recent vintages we have also sourced premium fruit parcels from Lenswood & Lobethal to add another dimension to these wines. 60% of all our total fruit comes from CV and 40% comes from AH (approx.).
Chief Winemaker/s
Nick Walker, David O'Leary, Jack Walker
Winemaker Bio
O’Leary Walker Wines (OWW) was founded in 2000 by winemakers (and best friends) – Nick Walker and David O’Leary. They both studied at Roseworthy College together, then went their separate ways – where they amassed over 40+ years of experience (working for Australia’s elite winemakers/companies and industry greats). They reunited and launched OWW in 2000 – which is still a local and family-owned Clare Valley winery today.
Joining David and Nick on our winemaking team is Jack Walker (Nick’s son and fourth generation winemaker) – David says there are no Fourth-Generation winemakers currently on the tools like Jack is! Jack is passionate about new varietals, innovative techniques, and single vineyard wines, which has culminated in him heading up of the OWW Seasonal Release project.