• Hermann J. Wiemer Vineyard
• La Garagista Farm and Winery
• Ryan William Vineyard
• Westport Rivers Vineyard and Winery
• Va La Vineyards
• Burnt Hill Farm
• Valley Road Vineyards
• Barboursville Vineyards
• Marked Tree Vineyard
• Brooklyn Winery
• Blenheim Vineyards
• Beneduce Vineyards
• Linden Vineyards
• Bedell Cellars
• Black Ankle Vineyards
• Chateau Meichtry Family Vineyard and Winery
• Dr. Konstantin Frank Winery

• 3962 NY-14, Dundee, NY 14837

Hermann J. Wiemer helped establish dry Finger Lakes riesling in the late 1970s. Under Oskar Bynke and Fred Merwarth, the HJW vineyard and winery earned Demeter Biodynamic certification in 2023, which the winery identifies as the East Coast’s only certified vineyard-and-winery operation of its kind. Inside the converted barn, seated à la carte flights keep attention on the glass, while engaging staff can explain in layman's terms how Magdalena and HJW vineyards diverge. Compare the rieslings first, then make room for gewürztraminer and traditional-method sparkling wine.

• Seasonal visitor locations in Barnard and West Addison, Vermont (no year-round tasting room)

La Garagista receives visitors through seasonal gatherings at two vineyard sites and limited guided visits by appointment. There is no year-round drop-in tasting room—at least, not yet. Deirdre Heekin and Caleb Barber farm vineyards, orchards and gardens together, then turn cold-hardy brianna, La Crescent and Marquette into bottles that have helped retire the grapes’ novelty status. Biodynamic practice, native yeast and a light cellar hand bring out mineral and herbal notes, particularly in Vinu Jancu.

• 4156 NY-414, Burdett, NY 14818

In a somewhat surprising turn of events, a $19 pinot blanc took the top prize at the 2026 New York Wine Classic. Ryan William Vineyard’s 2025 bottling won the Governor’s Cup with 97 points, giving founder Ryan Bossert a crisp retort to the idea that acclaim must arrive wrapped in oak and price. The Tasting Barn occupies a restored structure dating from around 1865 to 1870 east of Watkins Glen and serves brunch and lunch daily. The current menu puts the wines to work in the kitchen, too, with grüner veltliner joining house-made chorizo and smoked lemon in a bowl of mussels.

• 417 Hixbridge Road, Westport, MA 02790

Atlantic air lengthens the growing season at Westport Rivers, the South Coast farm Bob and Carol Russell chose in 1982 as they returned to Carol’s family tradition of sparkling wine. The family’s traditional-method cuvées give the clearest reason to visit. The $15 tasting covers sparkling and table wines, with the lawn available for lingering over a glass. The wines are natural companions to local oysters and creamy chowders, but keep in mind that public tours are currently suspended, and the winery closes on Sundays.

• 8822 Gap Newport Pike, Avondale, PA 19311

Anthony and Karen Vietri grow French and northern Italian varieties together in four field plots, harvesting and fermenting each parcel as a blend rather than sorting the grapes into varietal silos. The wines may recall Friuli or Piedmont, but their accent belongs to this small Pennsylvania farm. Seated tastings on Fridays through Sundays cover four wines for $25, with reservations advisable for the small barn. Prima Donna, an aromatic white field blend, should come first, then Silk and Mahogany show what changes with soil and grape company.

• 25001 Burnt Hill Road, Clarksburg, MD 20871

Siblings Drew Baker, Lisa Hinton and Ashli Johnson, whose family also runs Old Westminster Winery, co-own Burnt Hill Farm, where they treat viticulture as one element of a larger polyculture farm. On 117 regenerative acres in Clarksburg, chef Tae Strain shapes the menu, drawing on Korean American flavors and Mangalitsa pork, mushrooms, honey and vegetables raised on the property. The reservation-only Taste of Burnt Hill experience allows three hours for estate wines and an à la carte menu, beginning with a glass of traditional-method blanc de blancs.

• 9264 Critzers Shop Road, Afton, VA 22920

Valley Road’s 2023 Cabernet Franc Reserve won the 2026 Virginia Governor’s Cup, an unusually swift ascent for a winery founded by five couples only a decade earlier. Winemaker Corry Craighill drew the wine from Grayson Vineyard in the Monticello AVA, preserving ripe red fruit and savory spice without wholly smothering either in oak. The Afton tasting room welcomes spontaneous flights, while a private session booked ahead with one of the estate’s “Vinistas” moves through six wines.

• 17655 Winery Road, Barboursville, VA 22923

At Barboursville’s estate, you'll find a destination restaurant, an inn and the ruins of a Palladian mansion designed by Thomas Jefferson. Luca Paschina has led the cellar since 1990, and Octagon, a merlot-led red blend, remains the bottle against which to measure the visit. A Library 1821 tasting offers mature vintages in a focused setting before the short walk to Gov. James Barbour’s roofless brick house. Dinner at Palladio extends the cellar lesson through Italian cooking and local ingredients, particularly on Friday and Saturday evenings when the restaurant serves dinner.

• 623 Deep Gap Road, Flat Rock, NC 28731

Marked Tree occupies the Eastern Continental Divide between Mount Pisgah and Tryon Peak, where elevation moderates North Carolina heat and brings unexpected freshness to the wines. Grüner veltliner, vidal blanc and chardonel share the list with cabernet franc and red blends, a practical mix of vinifera and hybrids suited to the mountain site. The $60 Estate Tour crosses the vines, tank room and barrel cellar before a seated tasting of five wines, while the $100 version adds a grazing board in the 55-degree barrel room or glass-enclosed library.

• 61 Guernsey St., Brooklyn, NY 11222

Brooklyn Winery brings a working cellar within subway range at its Guernsey Street production space. The grapes travel farther, arriving from growers in the Finger Lakes and on the North Fork as well as California and Washington, so a flight can cross several American wine regions without leaving Brooklyn. The $40 Classic Tour & Tasting follows what happens once that fruit reaches the city, with sessions Thursday through Sunday. The tasting room offers wines and small plates for a less structured visit. Tour bookings open a month ahead. 

• 31 Blenheim Farm, Charlottesville, VA 22902

At Blenheim, glass panels in the tasting room floor reveal the wine production space below. Dave Matthews and craftsman William Johnson designed the reclaimed-timber building, completed in 2000, with south-facing windows and skylights that put daylight to work. Winemaker Kirsty Harmon supplies the other reason to linger, making Virginia wines with an emphasis on fruit and relatively brief barrel aging. A $25 guided tasting covers five wines in about an hour, while flights and glasses can migrate to the deck or vineyard-facing picnic area. 

• 1 Jeremiah Ln, Pittstown, NJ 08867

Every wine poured at Beneduce begins on the family’s 77-acre Hunterdon County farm, where Mike Beneduce has made blaufränkisch and cabernet franc especially persuasive. The reds carry dark fruit with enough acidity for dinner. Saturday’s adults-only Group Therapy sessions pair the wines with live music, moving indoors to the Oasis in colder months. The winery closes in January.

• 3708 Harrels Corner Rd, Linden, VA 22642

Jim Law has spent four decades reading the Blue Ridge through wine, and Linden’s comparative tasting places vineyard, vintage and bottle age side by side. Hardscrabble chardonnay and the estate red blend remain Virginia benchmarks, with cabernet franc and petit verdot adding structure without swagger.

• 36225 Main Rd, Cutchogue, NY 11935

At Bedell, the North Fork’s maritime climate finds its way into wines with moderate alcohol, bright acidity and a saline edge. Marin Brennan, promoted to winemaker in 2024, oversees a cellar that ferments with wild yeasts and works in small lots before blending. A tasting offers an introduction, while the reserved Tour & Taste makes an afternoon of it with a sparkling welcome, an hour in the cellar, a four-wine estate flight and cheese and charcuterie at a table held for three hours. 

• 14463 Black Ankle Rd, Mt Airy, MD 21771

Black Ankle built its reputation on estate-grown Bordeaux varieties and built its tasting room from straw, clay, wood and stone gathered near the property. Vines and native grasses have settled around the structure as if it had always been there. Crumbling Rock, one of the estate’s Bordeaux-style blends, carries real concentration, while albariño and grüner veltliner expose the farm’s lighter touch. Book the private BAV 101 experience for a vineyard and winery tour followed by a guided tasting with cheese and charcuterie.

• 1862 Orchard Ln, Talking Rock, GA 30175

The Meichtry family’s wine story reaches back to Valais, the Swiss canton Stephan Meichtry left in 1921, and continues in the Appalachian foothills near Ellijay. At the Georgia winery, a $45 Saturday tour gives the visit more structure than a glass on the terrace, while private tours accommodate groups of six or more by arrangement. Weekend afternoons bring Georgia musicians and food trucks to the property, with indoor and outdoor seating that makes the winery useful beyond fair-weather picnics.

• 9749 Middle Rd, Hammondsport, NY 14840

In the 1950s, Konstantin Frank proved that European grapes could survive Finger Lakes winters, changing American wine far beyond Keuka Lake. The fourth generation keeps that legacy in circulation through an $18 seated tasting or, from May through October, the $75 1886 Wine Experience, a two-hour program pairing a guided vineyard or cellar exploration with wines and small plates in the historic house. Riesling remains the clearest measure, from bracing dry bottlings to late-harvest expressions, while the Georgian varieties rkatsiteli and saperavi extend the estate’s pioneering range.