Wine

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.

• 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).
  • Fine Wine and Good Spirits
    The Liquor Control Board added "Fine" and "Good" to their e-commerce website where you can order wine and liquor and then have it delivered to a state store.
  • Search for a wine
    A search on this lcb database will provide better results than the one at the pawineandspirits.com site.
• Pittsburgh Wine Festival
  The Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board (PLCB) and the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review began the first festival in May of 2003.
• PCLB Users Group
  A blog by Nathan Lutchansky that tracks the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board's inventory changes
• Pop City: Best spots for wine in Pittsburgh
  A March 21, 2012 article by Anne Lutz Zacharias about where to go when you want a great glass of wine.
• Pop City: The latest guide to buying wine and spirits in Pittsburgh
  An August 24, 2011 article by Peter Machamer that is especially good for new residents coming from more liberal states.

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.
• 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 Wines
  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.

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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 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:

• Discover California Wines
  Information for the tourist from the Wine Institute, the public policy advocacy group of over 1,000 California wineries and affiliated businesses.
• 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.

• Wines of Argentina
  Celebrate Malbec Day on April 17th. Wines of Argentina is an organization of more than 200 wineries from every Argentine wine region.
• Wine Australia
  Australia is now the fourth largest exporter after France, Italy and Spain. Information from the Australian Wine and Brandy Corporation.
• 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.
• Wine Country Ontario
  A guide to wineries and wine routes in Ontario from the Wine Council of Ontario.
• New Zealand Wine
  A website by New Zealand Winegrowers, an advocacy group for wineries and grape growers.
• Wines of New Zealand
  An independent guide to New Zealand wines and New Zealand wineries covering the 8 main New Zealand wine regions.
• Wines from Spain
  A website from the Spanish Institute for Foreign Trade
• Wines of Uruguay
  The Tannat grape is considered the "national grape". This site will connect you to wineries in the country.

Last updated Thursday December 06 2012.