On a 200-year family farm near Andreas, Galen Glen Winery grows and makes wines from its steep Pennsylvania vineyard. The family-owned estate has pursued the art of wine since 1995, with a mother-daughter winemaking team and sixth- and seventh-generation farmers carrying the Troxell legacy forward. Galen Glen is especially distinctive for pioneering the first commercial U.S. planting of Grüner Veltliner east of the Rocky Mountains in 2003 and for cultivating rare varieties sustainably on fossil-rich, shale-filled slopes.
Setter Ridge VineyardsFamily-owned Setter Ridge Vineyards grows grapes and makes European-style wines on steep, south-facing hillsides in Berks County, Pennsylvania. Richard Blair planted the first row in 1998, and the Blair family now tends two vineyards totaling 23 acres of vines alongside a gravity-flow winery in Kutztown. The winery opened commercially in 2004 and continues to pair small-farm winemaking with a tasting setting overlooking the Blue Mountains.KUTZTOWN, PA
Vynecrest Vineyards & WineryFounded when John and Jan Landis planted 50 vines on a five-acre Breinigsville farm in 1974, Vynecrest Vineyards & Winery grows grapes and makes wine in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. The family-owned winery is the county’s oldest existing vineyard and now farms 22 acres of grapes on a 75-acre property, producing about 9,000 cases annually. Its cellar tasting room, Tom’s Vyneskeller, and vineyard events connect visitors with a business that has remained in the Landis family for more than 50 years.BREINIGSVILLE, PA
Arrowhead Wine CellarsOn the shores of Lake Erie in North East, Pennsylvania, third-generation grape growers Nick and Kathy Mobilia make wine from fruit grown largely on their family’s 250-acre farm. Established in 1998, Arrowhead Wine Cellars controls the process from growing and pressing through fermenting and bottling, carrying the Mobilia family’s agricultural tradition into a 32-variety winery. The family’s Blackberry Wine won the Pennsylvania Governors Cup in 2017.NORTH EAST, 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