Wilhelm 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.
Stone Barn CellarsSet 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.SPRING CITY, 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
Starr Hill Vineyard & WineryStarr Hill Vineyard & Winery is a veteran-owned, family-made Pennsylvania winery producing wines in Curwensville and welcoming visitors for tastings and tours. Family-made since 2005, it carries on winemaker Tony Starr’s fourth-generation tradition, with a tasting-room network spanning Central Pennsylvania and a signature huckleberry-flavored Squatch n Berry wine that supports the PA Wilds. Its annual Groundhog Wine & Shine festival and vineyard wedding setting add a distinctly community-minded dimension to the winery.PIKE TOWNSHIP, PA