Since 1983, Brookmere Winery & Vineyard Inn has made wine in Belleville’s rural Big Valley using its own grapes, Pennsylvania grapes and local fruits. The small family winery has grown into a destination with vineyard views, an 1866 inn and gathering spaces in a renovated 19th-century barn and vineyard pavilion. Visitors can sample the winery’s award-winning wines while staying overnight or attending an event on the property.
Wilhelm WineryWilhelm Winery makes Pennsylvania wines from its home in a 100-year-old barn, growing from Gary Shilling’s basement winemaking experiments into a full-scale winery established in 2000. Gary and Trish Shilling run the business with a welcoming, hands-on spirit, offering tastings and tours alongside an antique winemaking museum—the only one of its kind in the Northeast United States. The winery also carries forward a family connection to spirits production through Gary’s great-grandfather, who operated Brookville’s Algier Brewery in the late 19th century.HADLEY, PA
Mount Nittany Vineyard & WineryFounded in 1990 after Joe and Betty Carroll turned their Mount Nittany family farm into a winery, Mount Nittany Vineyard & Winery produces wine on a 60-acre central Pennsylvania estate. The second-generation family business now works from a six-acre vineyard and an on-site production facility, with winemaker Scott Hilliker—who joined full time in 2015—overseeing its broad wine program. Its mountain setting also provides a distinctive backdrop for tastings and private events beside a spring-fed pond.CENTRE HALL, PA
Ridgewood WineryBill and Tracy Smith turned Bill’s award-winning amateur winemaking into Ridgewood Winery, producing wines in Berks County at two historic farmstead locations. The Birdsboro site includes an 1811 main house on a National Register of Historic Places property, while the Bechtelsville location occupies an 1822 farmhouse on 26 acres at Daffodil Hill Farm. The Smiths also open these distinctive settings for tastings, group tours and private celebrations.BECHTELSVILLE, PA