Altamont Vineyard & Winery makes estate wines in an Old World style, including bottles made from Vitis Labrusca, the fox grape. Its vineyard setting also serves as a gathering place for wine tastings, weddings, creative workshops and food-centered events, giving the winery a broader role than a bottle shop alone.
Rose Bank WineryAt its Bucks County estate in Newtown, Rose Bank Winery makes French-style, estate-bottled wines from local grapes and welcomes visitors for tastings. The winery also turns its vineyard setting into a gathering place, with spaces such as the Vintner’s Ballroom and Ash Room available for weddings, private celebrations, and corporate events. Its relaxed programming ranges from live music to trivia and country line dancing.NEWTOWN, PA
Virant Family Winery, IncSet among the vineyards of Ohio’s Grand River Valley near Lake Erie, Virant Family Winery makes wines from regional grapes and welcomes visitors with the easygoing feel of a family gathering. The winery also pairs its wine with Friday and Saturday dinners and hosts weddings, showers, and private parties, giving it a role as both a local tasting destination and gathering place.GENEVA, OH
Quincy CellarsQuincy Cellars makes handcrafted wines in New York’s Lake Erie appellation and welcomes visitors to its authentic stone tasting cellar. The winery also turns a 150-year-old, three-story barn and its surrounding gardens into a banquet and wedding venue, with in-house catering and a covered pavilion for ceremonies. Its wines span a casual Garden label made from native or hybrid grapes and a more specially tended Reserve label based on vitis vinifera.RIPLEY, NY