The Karlsburg Winery was founded in 1973 by Czech immigrant Karl Cimicky. The estate features an incredible building that was built by Cimicky himself and has lovely formal gardens that are always manicured. Karl’s son Charles took over the family business and renamed it for himself, hence the name on the bottle now. In the early 90’s Charles began to take a keen interest in winemaking and the ‘good’ wines started turning into awesome wines. Charles Cimicky produces rich, voluptuous, generous wines with superb balance. Now in his late thirties Charles Cimicky is one of the most quality-driven, meticulous winemakers in South Australia.

Charles Cimicky is fastidious. The winery is completely air-conditioned and individually temperature-controlled tanks are employed in the making of all Cimicky wines. Updated technology includes the unse of a membrane press and rotary fermenters. The Cimickys also have their own bottling and packaging line which is a rarity in a winery of this size.