Set in a 150-year-old stone German bank barn, Stone Barn Cellars makes hand-crafted wines from Pennsylvania grapes. Its restored historic winery also serves as an intimate gathering place, hosting tastings alongside private celebrations and micro weddings for groups of up to 45.
Quincy CellarsQuincy Cellars makes handcrafted wines in New York’s Lake Erie appellation and welcomes visitors to its authentic stone tasting cellar. The winery also turns a 150-year-old, three-story barn and its surrounding gardens into a banquet and wedding venue, with in-house catering and a covered pavilion for ceremonies. Its wines span a casual Garden label made from native or hybrid grapes and a more specially tended Reserve label based on vitis vinifera.RIPLEY, NY
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
Rose Bank WineryAt its Bucks County estate in Newtown, Rose Bank Winery makes French-style, estate-bottled wines from local grapes and welcomes visitors for tastings. The winery also turns its vineyard setting into a gathering place, with spaces such as the Vintner’s Ballroom and Ash Room available for weddings, private celebrations, and corporate events. Its relaxed programming ranges from live music to trivia and country line dancing.NEWTOWN, 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