OcciGabi Winery
オチガビワイナリー
Low-sulfite natural wines from a Hokkaido hilltop domaine
Founded in 2012 in the hills of Yoichi, Hokkaido by veteran winemaker Kiichiro Ochi — who previously established Cave d'Occi in Niigata, one of Japan's pioneering domaine wineries — OcciGabi Winery is a full domaine-style producer, growing, harvesting, and vinifying exclusively estate-grown grapes on its own 8-hectare hillside vineyard. The winery favors natural, low-intervention winemaking with minimal sulfite additions, and is especially known for Kerner, a cool-climate German white variety Ochi is credited with pioneering in Japan and which now accounts for roughly 40% of Yoichi's wine-grape plantings. The estate also operates a shop and a farm-to-table restaurant pairing its wines with seasonal Hokkaido ingredients, producing around 70,000 bottles a year.
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Who Is This For?
For drinkers who seek low-intervention, natural Japanese wine with a genuine sense of place, and who appreciate estate-grown, domaine-style production over large-scale bottling.
Frequently Asked Questions
- Does OcciGabi Winery use low-sulfite, natural winemaking?
- Yes. OcciGabi practices low-intervention winemaking with minimal sulfite additions, focusing on estate-grown fruit and a natural expression of Yoichi's terroir.
- Does OcciGabi Winery use imported grapes?
- No. The winery is a full domaine, using only grapes grown in its own vineyard in Yoichi, Hokkaido, from planting through harvest, fermentation, and bottling.
- What grape is OcciGabi Winery best known for?
- Kerner, a cool-climate German white variety that founder Kiichiro Ochi is credited with pioneering in Japan. It now makes up about 40% of Yoichi's wine-grape plantings.
- Who founded OcciGabi Winery?
- Veteran winemaker Kiichiro Ochi, who previously founded Cave d'Occi in Niigata, one of Japan's pioneering domaine wineries, before starting OcciGabi in Yoichi, Hokkaido in 2012.
- Can visitors dine and taste wine at OcciGabi Winery?
- Yes. The estate has an on-site shop for tastings and a farm-to-table restaurant that pairs seasonal Hokkaido ingredients with OcciGabi's own wines.