Wine Rockford, "Moppa Springs" Grenache-Mataro-Shiraz, Barossa Valley, 2009

Company founder Rockford, Robert O'Callaghan was born in a family of growers and all his childhood spent in the vineyards. Robert's parents moved to North East Victoria, and his father got a job in one of the most famous Australian winemaking families - Seppelts. In 1965, Robert began an internship at the factory Seppelt's Rutherglen and continued the family tradition. "It was a wonderful time that I spent at the old winery. All that I have learned during training, had a great influence on the philosophy of Rockford", - said Robert.
In 1971, Robert becomes a stone cottage dating from 1850 and the surrounding 5 acres of land in the village Krondorf, in the heart of the Barossa Valley. When in the 1970s, other wineries began to improve and upgrade equipment, Robert restored historic winemaking machinery and began to produce wines using traditional equipment and technology. Before the foundation of the economy Rockford Wines Mr. O'Callaghan for 20 years he worked at various wineries Barossa, which allowed him to develop his own unique style, continue the tradition of Australian wine, as well as to acquire faithful companions and friends.