Wine Making

Essex has the ideal climate in this country for wine production due to its sunshine levels and low rainfall. Carter's Vineyards were among the first in this country to be set up on the New Zealand, "Scott Henry" system of vine trellising. The science of capturing maximum heat and light for the production of ripe fruit is demonstrated at the vineyard.

In addition to producing wine from our own grapes, we also take in grapes from other vineyards in the region and produce wine from them in our winery.

Visitors to the vineyard have the opportunity to view the wine production process in our winery. Wine making is done in stainless steel vats, using modern equipment and French oak barriques are used to age some of the wines.