On a rural farm in North Easton, Mary and Gerry Barnhart grow cold-climate grapes and handcraft estate wines at their family-owned Victory View Vineyard. The retired public-service couple began planting test vines after deciding to keep their farm in agriculture, and today their children and grandchildren help with vineyard work, bottling, and harvest. Their mostly dry wines draw on the Upper Hudson region’s rural roots and local history, with every grape grown on the property.
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
Loughlin VineyardOn Sayville’s historic John Ellis Roosevelt Estate, Loughlin Vineyard grows grapes and makes wine on-site in a family vineyard founded by Barney and Christine Loughlin in 1984. The 10-acre farm has produced its own wine since 2006, while Barney’s daughters carried on the operation until his granddaughter Brittany took ownership in 2025. Its tasting room and laid-back events preserve the vineyard’s distinctly multigenerational South Shore character.SAYVILLE, NY
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
Frontenac Point Vineyard & Estate WineryFounded by Jim and Carol Doolittle in 1978 on a former fruit-growing property overlooking Cayuga Lake, Frontenac Point Vineyard & Estate Winery grows its own grapes and makes small-batch Finger Lakes wines. The Doolittles handle the work from planting and hand-picking through winemaking, bottling, and presentation, with son Lawrence continuing the family business as its second generation. Licensed as New York’s farm winery No. 44 in 1982, Frontenac Point is especially distinctive for wines made entirely from grapes grown on its Cayuga Lake estate.TRUMANSBURG, NY