Connecticut’s oldest winery, Haight-Brown Vineyard in Litchfield, was established in 1975. Since then the Connecticut wine industry has grown to more than two dozen wineries. This is not surprising for the southernmost of the New England states with the moderating influence of the ocean along its south coast.
Connecticut is part of the Southeastern New England American Viticultural Area (AVA), which was established in 1984. This AVA also includes Rhode Island, and Massachusetts. Connecticut is also home to a second AVA, the Western Connecticut Highlands AVA, which was established in 1988.
There are four distinct growing areas in Connecticut:
- The coastal region
- The central region or Central Valley
- The Western Highlands which is its own appellation
- The Eastern Highlands
While some of the wineries make wine from fruit other than grapes, this southern New England state’s wineries make wine predominantly from grapes.
The Wineries of Connecticut
- Bishop’s Orchards Winery, Guilford, CT
- Cassidy Hill Vineyards, Coventry, CT
- Chamard Vineyards, Guilford, CT
- Connecticut Valley Winery, New Hartford, CT
- Dalice Elizabeth Winery, Preston, CT
- DiGrazia Vineyards, Brookfield, CT
- Gouveia Vineyards, Wallingford, CT
- Haight-Brown Vineyard, Litchfield, CT
- Heritage Trail Winery and Cafe, Lisbon, CT
- Holmberg Orchards, Gales Ferry, CT
- Hopkins Vineyards, New Preston, CT
- Jerram Winery, New Hartford, CT
- Jonathan Edwards Winery, North Stonington, CT
- Jones Family Farms, Shelton, CT
- Land of Nod Vineyard and Winery, East Canaan, CT
- Maugle Sierra Vineyards, Ledyar, CTd
- McLaughlin Vineyards, Sandy Hook, CT
- Miranda Vineyard, Goshen, CT
- Paradise Hills Vineyard, Wallingford, CT
- Priam Vineyards, Colchester, CT
- Rosedale Farms and Vineyards, Simsbury, CT
- Saltwater Farm Vineyard, Stonington, CT
- Savino Vineyards, Woodbridge, CT
- Sharpe Hill Vineyard, Pomfret, CT
- Stonington Vineyards, Stonington, CT
- Sunset Meadow Vineyards, Goshen, CT
- Taylor Brooke Winery, Woodstock, CT
- The Vineyard at Strawberry Ridge, New Preston, CT
- Walker Road Vineyards, Woodbury, CT
- White Silo Farm and Winery, Sherman, CT
