Born from Steve and Karen’s winemaking-club hobby and an MBA project, Glades Pike Winery makes wine at its family-run Somerset, Pennsylvania, vineyard. Their daughter Liz returned in 2007 to manage the winery, while Steve remains head winemaker alongside Chad, giving the operation a distinctly multigenerational feel. Visitors can tour by appointment, enjoy the Laurel Mountains setting, and gather for events in the vineyard and rustic gazebo.
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
Starr Hill Vineyard & WineryStarr Hill Vineyard & Winery is a veteran-owned, family-made Pennsylvania winery producing wines in Curwensville and welcoming visitors for tastings and tours. Family-made since 2005, it carries on winemaker Tony Starr’s fourth-generation tradition, with a tasting-room network spanning Central Pennsylvania and a signature huckleberry-flavored Squatch n Berry wine that supports the PA Wilds. Its annual Groundhog Wine & Shine festival and vineyard wedding setting add a distinctly community-minded dimension to the winery.PIKE TOWNSHIP, PA
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
J&D Cellars Winery and VineyardWhat began with John and Dot’s weekend winery visits became a family-owned vineyard and small-batch winery on 16 acres in rural Eighty Four, Pennsylvania. John planted the vineyard in 2007 and the couple opened J&D Cellars in 2011, remaining directly involved from growing grapes and making wine to running tasting rooms and packing shipments. The winery also supports local home winemakers through its supplies selection and the Washington County chapter of the American Wine Society.EIGHTY FOUR, PA