Matt and Tara Meineke’s family-run M Cellars grows grapes and makes estate wines on its 30-acre property in Northeast Ohio’s Grand River Valley AVA. The first-generation farming and winemaking family bottles its wines on site, pairing small-lot production with a tasting room overlooking the vineyard. Its portfolio includes European varietals and distinctive regional expressions such as Saperavi, while the winery also serves as a year-round destination for tastings and seasonal experiences.
Harpersfield VineyardSince 1979, family-owned Harpersfield Vineyard has grown grapes and made estate-bottled wines on its working farm in Ohio’s Grand River Valley. Its Geneva tasting room pairs those hand-picked-fruit wines with seasonal kitchen fare, vineyard views, live weekend music, and a fireside setting in colder months.GENEVA, OH
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
Hundley CellarsHundley Cellars is a family winery and vineyard in Ohio’s Grand River Valley, producing small-vintage wines from its estate grapes and locally sourced fruit. Founded by siblings Tracy and Greg Hundley with their parents, the winery opened in 2014 on 35 acres in Harpersfield Township and continues the family legacy with winemaker John Maness and Tracy Hundley, who holds UC Davis credentials in enology and viticulture. Its tasting room pairs wine with food and a relaxed, old-fashioned sense of hospitality.GENEVA, OH