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MISSING GATE VINEYARD

English wine from the heart of Essex

New pinot noir for 2025

INTRODUCING Horse LAND Wines

A black wine bottle with a white label featuring two horses walking on a path and a man holding their reins, with text indicating it's a 2022 Pinot Noir from Two Horse Land.

We’ve uncovered a fascinating correlation between a historical measure of our land’s quality and the depth of flavours within our grapes.

Welcome to the new Missing Gate Vineyard website — we’d love your feedback, so please contact us with any suggestions.

Welcome to the new Missing Gate Vineyard website — we’d love your feedback, so please contact us with any suggestions.

This connection, we believe, arises from the intricate interplay between vine stress responses and the unique nutrient profiles of our igneous-based soils.

During the 1800s, when iron ploughshares and mouldboards were commonplace, the quality of the soil in our local Woodham Ferrers region was characterized by the number of horses needed to till the soil.

From the low-lying plains, aptly termed “one horse” land, to the elevated terrains or “three horse land”.

MISSING GATE WINES

  • A bottle of Missing Gate 2023 Pinot Blanc wine on a weathered wooden table outdoors, with a large plant in a pot and garden furniture in the blurred background.

    Pinot Blanc 2023

  • A bottle of Missing Gate Pinot Noir wine resting on a weathered wooden surface outdoors with a large potted plant in the background.

    Pinot noir 2023

  • A bottle of 2024 rosé wine with a white label and white cap, placed on a dark surface outdoors with blurred red and green foliage in the background.

    ROSE 2024

  • A 750 ml bottle of Missing Gate Bacchus wine from Essex, with a white label, black screw cap, and a logo featuring abstract faces, set on a wooden surface outdoors with blurred greenery in the background.

    Bacchus 2021

  • A green wine bottle with a white label, sitting on a wooden surface with a blurred green leafy background.

    Sauvignon BLANC 2021

  • A bottle of Missing Gate Sauvignon Blanc wine with a white label, silver cap, and green glass bottle, set outdoors with green foliage in the background.

    Sauvignon blanc 2023

  • A 2022 bottle of Missing Gate Pinot Blanc wine on a wooden surface outdoors, with a blurred green and brown background.

    PINOT BLANC 2022

  • A bottle of Missing Gate Salt Weight White wine with a blue label, placed on a wooden surface outdoors with blurred green background.

    Salt Weight 2023

  • A dark green wine bottle labeled 'Three Horse' from Missing Gate Vineyard, featuring a black and white illustration of three horses pulling a cart, placed outdoors on a wooden surface with green foliage in the background.

    Three Horse 2022

  • A bottle of Two Horse Land Pinot Noir wine from Missing Gate Vineyard on a wooden surface, with a blurred background of wine glasses on shelves.

    Two horse 2022

The finest wines from the heart of Essex

Meet us at our lodge

Taste our wines, amongst the vines

Wine tasting lodge

Nestled among the vines, our wine-tasting lodge offers an unforgettable experience for wine enthusiasts and newcomers alike.

Here, we invite you to immerse yourself in the Essex countryside, where you can savour our finest, handcrafted wines. Our tasting lodge is open year-round, offering a welcoming atmosphere for relaxing, unwinding, and making lasting memories with us.

Whether you’re a connoisseur or a casual enthusiast, our knowledgeable staff are on hand to guide you through the tasting process, sharing insights into the nuances of the vineyard and its history.

A warmly lit tent on a wooden deck decorated with string lights at night, with wine bottles stored in a rack on the right and a vineyard in the background.
Aerial view of rolling vineyards and farmland with green, yellow, and brown hues, bordered by trees under a cloudy sky in the countryside.

VINEYARD TOURS

We’ve opened the gates (they’ve not all gone missing) of our Lodge Vineyard where we now offer a vineyard tour, perfect for the intrepid wine enthusiast.

All about

MISSING GATE VINEYARD

We are a family-run business with a background in farming and food technology.

OUR ESSEX vineyard, cultivated for generations

Since 2018, we have pursued a long-term vision for our vineyard, investing in and experimenting with a diverse range of grape varieties. These were carefully chosen for their resilience to disease, adaptability to a changing climate, and potential to produce outstanding wines. This meticulous and rewarding process has allowed us to select vines that not only yield exceptional wines but also thrive sustainably, in harmony with our unique environment.

A black and white photograph of a multi-generational family posing outdoors in a vineyard, sitting on and standing around a vintage sofa, with dogs and a young girl holding a teddy bear.

At Missing Gate, we are dedicated to crafting world-class wines without ever compromising on quality or sustainability.

Drawing on our expertise in food processing technologies (food-physics.com), we have embraced innovative green solutions to enhance grape yields and elevate the quality of our wines. This integration of cutting-edge technology with traditional winemaking reflects our commitment to pushing boundaries while respecting the environment.

Inspired by our initial success, we’ve continued to expand the vineyard, focusing on creating exceptional English wines that showcase the unique character of our lands.

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Known as the ‘salt-marsh stretch of Essex, ’ our family has been growing crops on our clay-based farm in the Crouch Valley for three generations.

A knowledge of the land and a family passion for wine combined to create the Missing Gate Vineyard in 2018, giving over traditional arable land to plant our first vines.

As a family working together to create a business, it’s been hugely rewarding, and we’re proud to join the growing family of neighbouring vineyards on the ‘Essex Riviera’ making a name for still English wines.

What People Are Saying

“A pure, robin song of red fruit, pulsing with life. It’s bright and cocky and full of energy. the wine is slender and delicate. It’s gorgeous. And it may well have a longer life than I’ve indicated”

-Tamlyn Currin, Three Horse Land Pinot Noir 2022

"A concentrated, exotically fruited 2022 Pinot Blanc from Missing Gate, with a huge squeeze of sweet lemon rind, dried pineapple and creamy peach meeting juicy pear and a prominent, if sympathetic toasty oak framing. Another vintage that shows the potential for bold, enveloping Pinot Blanc here, this is well worth trying for anyone seeking out a different expression of the grape."

- Tom Hewson on Pinot Blanc 2022

“What a wonderful day out. Our tour guide Theo, was incredibly knowledgeable, friendly, and patient. Our group of eight came away with a much deeper appreciation of wine. The wine tasting after the tour again made a whole new experience. The wines and food were excellent. All the staff so friendly. Looking forward to taking our extended family along next time”

- Loraine Carling-Hooper

“The palate is supple and wonderfully bright, this is luminous lemon bedded in nutty, gently oaky smoothness. This strikes a lovely balance and shines with a streak of brilliant freshness. ”

— Anne Krebiehl, Sauvignon Blanc 2022

A bit of an ice-queen Chardonnay. An elegant, aloof wine that feels as if it's white linen ironed to a blade. A whisper of oak-spice trapped in steel. It's a lemon-etched, stone-edged, coiled-up, taut slip of a wine. Lime, salt and spice.

- Tamlyn Currin on Chardonnay 2022

“Booked a wine tasting afternoon on Saturday 30th August — what a lovely experience. We were greeted and seated at our table with a beautiful charcuterie board. We were given wines to choose from, and the ones we selected were superb. We had excellent service from one staff member, Phoebe, who was very knowledgeable about the wines and the vineyard itself. The atmosphere was very relaxing.”

- Debbie Clarke