About ONIV the people behind the pour.
Wine is not merely a drink. It is a coordinate, a point on a map, a moment in a season, a decision made by someone who gave everything to a single pursuit. To open a bottle of wine made by someone who has vino as their career, their life and their passion, all bundled into one tunnel-visioned dream, is to hold something quietly extraordinary.
ONIV exists because of that belief.
Founder
alex.
Founder, ONIV
Alex came to wine the way most great things are found: sideways, and unexpectedly.
Growing up near the Yarra Valley, weekends meant watching his parents and their friends hop from winery to winery, while he and his brother could reliably be found at the Yarra Valley Chocolaterie. The wine was background noise then. It wouldn't stay that way.
From a young age, Alex had one dream: the corner office. The kind you see in an episode of Suits. He pursued it with singular focus, graduating in law and being sworn in with every intention of living that dream. What followed was not what he imagined. The corporate world left him underwhelmed and quietly unfulfilled, and the thing that kept drawing him back was wine.
It was a single university elective at Bond that changed everything. Under the guidance of David Stevens-Castro, co-author of Paired: Champagne & Sparkling Wines, Alex discovered a world beyond the industrialised and commercialised. He found the boutique, the unknown, the quietly exceptional: wines made by people who had chosen a life of singular dedication to their craft.
His true calling has always been wine. He has tasted wine from far and wide across this remarkable country, from the Yarra Valley to Tasmania's Coal River Valley, from the familiar to the undiscovered.
He wants to share that with the world.
wines made by people who chose this life with their whole heart.
our purpose.
ONIV (vino, spelt backwards) was established in 2023 with a simple purpose: to connect exceptional Australian wine with the people who deserve to know it exists.
Australia makes wine that is undeniably unique, shaped by ancient soils, dramatic climates and the hands of people who chose this life with their whole heart. It deserves a wider audience.
Today that means custom-label wine, by the case, for businesses, celebrations and causes across Australia, and Australian wine for venues and importers overseas. Every bottle is chosen, tasted and labelled with care.
We are here to make that introduction.
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