Alternative Energy

Carter’s Vineyards has chosen to use only renewable energy to power the enterprise, which is not connected to mains electricity or water. We are proud to be the winners of an Environmental Awareness Award and visitors have the opportunity to see how we have dealt with various environmental concepts. Solar panels power the computers and office management systems and a wind turbine harnesses wind energy to add to our reservoir of renewable energy.

A reed bed waste filtration area was established in 1995. Its fertile soak away area is used to produce the nitrogen loving plant Comfrey, which is cultivated and harvested as a mulch to adjust soil composition around organically grown vines and to help with weed control.