Bill 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.
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
Red Heifer WineryOn a 56-acre Smithsburg hillside that was once the Naylor Peach Orchard, Kevin and Yvonne Ford run Red Heifer Winery, making wine from a vineyard planted in 2010. Owner and winemaker Kevin Ford processes, ages, and bottles every wine on-site, while the family farm’s history—from peaches and apples to dairy and hay—still shapes the winery’s character. Opened in November 2012, the adults-only winery pairs its dry and sweet wines with sweeping views of the surrounding mountains.SMITHSBURG, MD
Dove Valley WineryOn a 100-acre family farm outside Rising Sun, Dove Valley Winery makes wines from its own vineyard, which Harry and Janet Hepbron planted in 1998 as Cecil County’s first vineyard and winery. The multi-generation operation was built as a family legacy, and its wines have earned Best in Class and medal recognition at the Maryland Governor’s Cup and Finger Lakes International competitions.RISING SUN, MD