Cartecay Vineyards, Ellijay

Stopped by while visiting my daughter and family! So glad we did!! What a wonderful atmosphere, besides the weather was perfect to say the least! We enjoyed sampling a few wines while we were there , bought ourselves a glass each and sat by the outdoor sitting area while Gregg Erwin sang some lovely tunes! enjoyed his music. My granddaughters enjoyed swinging in the tree hammock and rolling down the hill. What a great stop we made. Truly enjoyed the chimney red wine. what a treat.. Ill for sure be back again! Staff was pleasant and cheerful! Oh by the way we bought a few bottles to take home!

Nice enough of a wine-tasting venue, however, wines produced (or sold) here are not for the serious wine drinker. The white wines were fairly decent and close the their claimed varietal (most were sweet), but the bottle prices were insane for the quality (should all be well under $10). The reds were horrendous! The Cab tasted like watered-down grape juice, nowhere near what a Cab should look, smell or taste like. The other reds (blends) were sweet...again, way overpriced ($20+ per bottle) for what is essentially "box-wine" quality. The wines here may be to the liking of sweet-tea drinkers, tourists and wine-novices, but not even close to wines produced in Calif., Oregon and Long Island.