Opened in southwestern Pennsylvania in 2008, Shields Demesne Winery makes Melomel—wine fermented from grape juice and honey. The winery preserves a formula learned from Dr. Ferenc “Frank” Androczi’s old-fashioned European winery, aging the wine for at least two years in former Bourbon oak barrels. Fermentation, aging, and bottling take place in a greenhouse shared with the Shields Herb & Flower Farm, an unusual arrangement that has become part of the winery’s character.
Space Time Mead & Cider WorksBorn from a home winemaker’s post-corporate reset, Space Time Mead & Cider Works opened its Dunmore urban winery in 2018 to make honey wine, cider, maple wine and other wines from Pennsylvania-harvested ingredients. Founder Dan Schreffler began making mead and cider as a hobby in 2008, and the small winery has since earned national and international competition recognition. In 2025, up-and-coming mead-makers Melody and Kyle Stout began taking over the business while Schreffler continues to guide its craft.QUAKERTOWN, PA
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
Freas Farm WineryWith a grape farm in the family for more than 90 years, Freas Farm Winery has been making farm-to-glass wines, meads, port-style wines and small-batch ciders in Berwick since 2014. The family-owned, sustainably operated PA Preferred winery uses Pennsylvania-grown grapes and apples, and its on-site Study speakeasy gives the farm a distinctly Prohibition-era gathering place.BERWICK, PA