Travis Earth
Growing up in his father’s (Robert O’Callaghan) winery on Krondorf Road gave Travis a rare insight into the wine business, watching one man’s dream of creating a traditionally handcrafted winery in a time when the Australian wine industry was driven by technological advancement and mass production.
Robert's dream seemed to be a near-impossible task at the time, to the point that people thought him quite the mad man. What people underestimated was Robert's passion, tenacity and belief in the diversity of the vineyards and the uniqueness of the Barossan culture.
Travis has a very strong belief in keeping all the parcels of fruit separate, from fruit to wine and on to bottle. Travis thought all wineries did this. It wasn’t until he ventured out and started working for other wineries that he realised that this wasn’t so. Most people I met boxed Barossa as one single entity - something he just doesn't agree with.