Wine

Web Sites

Directories & Reviews

• Epicurious: Wine
  Check out their Top 5 wines in each category.
• Tastings.com
  A buying guide to wine, beer and spirits with reviews.
• Wine Answers
  wineanswers.com is a service to consumers provided by Wine Market Council, a non-profit organization representing the U.S. wine trade. Answers to questions like "What is the best way to buy wine if you know nothing about it?"
• Wine Enthusiast Magazine
  Includes their wine buying guide.
• Wine Spectator Online
  the web version of the print magazine
• Wine Library TV
  Gary Vaynerchuck's video blog. Likes masculine flavors like licorice, charcoal, leather and eye of the tiger.

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Wineries by State

If you are interested in visiting wineries on your trip to another state, check out the corresponding website:

• Georgia Wine
  The Winegrowers Association of Georgia
• Indiana Wine Grape Council
  Indiana Wine Grape Council, administered by the School of Agriculture at Purdue University
• Missouri Wines
  Missouri Department of Agriculture - Agriculture Business Development Division, Grape & Wine Program.
• North Carolina Wineries & Vineyards
  North Carolina Department of Commerce and Division of Tourism.
• Texan Wines
  This site by the Texas Department of Agriculture offers help for the Texas vintner as well as a list of wineries in Texas.
• Virginia: Blue Ridege Wineway
  The Blue Ridge WineWay is an alliance of the Virginia wineries & vineyards just under an hour drive from Washington DC.
• Virginia Wine
  Virginia Wine Marketing Office

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International

These are sites that will give you a general overview of the wines from that country.

• Italian Wines
  The Italian Made website from the Italian Trade Commission has a section on wines with information on wine regions and appellations. They also suggest what wines should go with what Italian foods.
• Wines from Spain
  A website from the Spanish Institute for Foreign Trade
• Wines of Ontario
  A guide to wineries and wine routes in Ontario from the Wine Council of Ontario.

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Pittsburgh Region

Because in Pennsylvania wines are only sold in state liquor stores, you might want to search for a specific wine to see if the state store carries it.

• Pittsburgh Wine Festival
  The Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board (PLCB) and the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review began the first festival in May of 2003.
• Pop City: A Guide to Buying Spirits in Pittsburgh
  A March 15, 2006, article by Peter Machamer listing the best Pennsylvania state liquor stores in the Pittsburgh area for buying wine and liquor.

Western Pennsylvania - Wineries

• Christian Klay Winery
  located in the Laurel Highlands of southwestern Pennsylvania.
• Glades Pike Winery
  Located in the Laurel Highlands of Pennsylvania on historic Glades Pike (Route 31) just a few miles from Seven Springs and Hidden Valley resorts.
• Greenhouse Winery
  Rilton, PA
• Narcisi Winery
  La Casa Narcisi Winery is located just 10 miles north of Pittsburgh in Gibsonia, Pennsylvania. The winery is a family owned and operated facility, by proud natives of the Pittsburgh area.
• Oak Spring Winery
  A winery in Altoona, east of Pittsburgh, producing 6500 cases annually
• Stone Villa Wine Cellars
  Located about an hour east of Pittsburgh
• Walnut Hill Winery
  Located east of Pittsburgh in Blairsville.
• Windgate Vineyards & Winery
  Windgate is located about 1 hour northeast of Pittsburgh in the tiny Amish community of Smicksburg.

Pennsylvania

With more than 90 wineries, and approximately 14,000 acres of grapes, Pennsylvania ranks eighth in the nation in wine production and fourth nationally in the amount of grapes grown.

• Pennsylvania Wine & Wineries
  This is the official website of the Pennsylvania Wine Association and offers information on the 70 wineries in the state. Check here if you want to visit a winery.
• Lake Erie Quality Wine Alliance
  Travel this wine trail to visit the wineries along the Lake Erie shore.
• Pennsylvania Complete Guide for Wine Lovers
  A commercial site that allows your to find and special order wines via Special Liquor Order (SLO), a service which enables the PLCB (Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board) customer to place orders for products not regularly stocked in Wine and Spirit shops. Any commercially available wine or spirit from around the world can be obtained through SLO. Currently over 11,000 wines and spirits are in the SLO system.
• Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board
  Yep, this is where you have to go to buy your wine in Pennsylvania. Use their website to locate the liquor store (called "wine and spirits shoppes") nearest to you. They also have a list of Superstores (up to 5000 products).
  • PA Wine and Spirits
    An e-commerce website featuring over 1500 products, mostly super premium and hard to find wines
  • Search for a wine
    A search on this lcb database will provide better results than the one at the pawineandspirits.com site.
• Presque Isle Wine Cellars, Inc.
  A source for winemaking supplies located northeast of Erie, PA.
• University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology:
  The Origins and Ancient History of Wine
  "Fermented beverages have been preferred over water throughout the ages: they are safer, provide psychotropic effects, and are more nutritious." See what else Penn's Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology has to say about the importance of wine in civilization.

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Nearby States

• Ohio Grapes
  Find a winery in Ohio. From the Ohio Grape Industries Committee
• Ohio Wine Producers Association
  At this website you can get a list of Ohio Wineries (Maps & Information), learn about Ohio Wine History and Facts, check out Vintage Ohio & Winery Events, and learn How To Start A Winery.
• Uncork New York!
  Covers information about New York wine country: Lake Erie, Finger Lakes, Central New York, Hudson Valley, New York City, and Long Island. From the New York Wine & Grape Foundation.