Windgate Vineyards & Winery is an estate winery in Smicksburg, Pennsylvania, producing regional wines from its vineyard grapes. Founded as a vineyard by the Enerson family about 30 years before the account on the site, it has grown into the largest estate winery in Southwestern Pennsylvania and bottles more than 9,000 gallons of wine each year.
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
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
Buckingham Valley Vineyards LtdFounded in 1966 from a five-acre planting, Buckingham Valley Vineyards Ltd. grows grapes and makes wine at its Bucks County vineyard and winery. The Forest family has owned and operated the business since 1970, expanding it to more than 40 acres and annual production of over 35,000 gallons. Buckingham Valley is also one of the few Pennsylvania wineries producing méthode champenoise sparkling wine, while keeping the relaxed, family-and-friends character of its early days.BUCKINGHAM, PA
Vynecrest Vineyards & WineryFounded when John and Jan Landis planted 50 vines on a five-acre Breinigsville farm in 1974, Vynecrest Vineyards & Winery grows grapes and makes wine in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. The family-owned winery is the county’s oldest existing vineyard and now farms 22 acres of grapes on a 75-acre property, producing about 9,000 cases annually. Its cellar tasting room, Tom’s Vyneskeller, and vineyard events connect visitors with a business that has remained in the Landis family for more than 50 years.BREINIGSVILLE, PA