19 Philly-Area Wineries Worth a Day Trip
From urban wineries to sprawling vineyards in the burbs, here's where you can sip great wine across the region.
These Philly-area wineries offer reds, whites, rosés and specialty wines. / Photograph of Saddlehill by Laura Brzyski
Whether you’re into dry or sweet, there’s something about sipping a refreshing glass of wine at a local winery that can’t be beat. Luckily, the Philly area — and the Commonwealth itself — is home to stellar spots where you can do just that. Below, our guide to wineries boasting exceptional reds, whites, rosés, sparklings, and more — all within an hour-ish of Center City. Want to go somewhere further afield? Check out our list of wine weekend getaways here.
Pennsylvania Wineries
Buckingham Valley Vineyards
1521 Durham Road, Buckingham
Drive from Center City: 1 hour
This Buckingham venue is one of the Pennsylvania’s first wineries, opened in 1966. Here you’ll find dry, semi-sweet, and sweet reds and whites, plus one-of-a-kind offerings like green bubbly (for Eagles season!) and rotating wine slushies.
Chaddsford Winery
632 Baltimore Pike, Chadds Ford
Drive from Center City: 50 minutes
An OG of the area, Chaddsford Winery has been in operation since 1982 and produces an average of 24,000 cases annually. Their Spiced Apple will satiate your fall palate — though it is available year-round! — and the Piquette is an easy-drinking, versatile choice. Chaddsford’s most popular offering? Adult Trick or Treat, which features five Halloween-themed pairing stations — costumes encouraged.
Crossing Vineyards and Winery
1853 Wrightstown Road, Newtown
Drive from Center City: 50 minutes
This Bucks County gem sits on a 200-year-old estate and offers wine tastings daily. You can sip on favorites like Vidal blanc and merlot, but Crossing Vineyards also produces unique wines like Chocolate Cherry Truffle Port. Even better: The winery hosts an array of events, from cabaret performances and picnics in the vineyard to trivia and craft nights.
The Inn at Grace Winery
50 Sweetwater Road, Glen Mills
Drive from Center City: 45 minutes
You’ll find this bucolic 35-acre estate in Glen Mills, just 45 minutes outside the city. Swing by on a Friday, Saturday, or Sunday to taste wines made from estate-grown or PA-sourced grapes — like crisp chardonnay, sparkling cuvée, and oak-aged merlot — in the renovated barn. Or, plan an overnight stay: The property comprises the seven-bedroom Manor House — part of which is the original 1734 Quaker farmhouse — and nearly a dozen cottages.
Karamoor Estate
6118 Butler Pike, Blue Bell
Drive from Center City: 35 minutes
Open Friday through Monday, Karamoor Estate grows fan-favorite grapes like chardonnay, cabernet sauvignon, Viognier, and malbec. There’s typically live music on Friday evenings, and reservations aren’t required.
Mural City Cellars
1831 Frankford Avenue, Fishtown
Drive from Center City: 15 minutes
At the start of 2021, Nicholas Ducos and Francesca Galarus opened Mural City Cellars, Philly’s first locally-focused urban winery, in Kensington. The duo — which moved MCC to Fishtown earlier this year — sources and frequently hand-harvests grapes from within 300 miles of Philly, and specializes in low-intervention wines. (Current offerings include a pét-nat blanc and rouge, a pinot gris, vermouth, and a Chambourcin in collab with Bloomsday.) In the summer, MCC runs a wine garden with food pop-ups, live music, and plenty of pours.
Penns Woods Winery
124 Beaver Valley Road, Chadds Ford
Drive from Center City: 40 minutes
Fifteen minutes from Chaddsford Winery, you’ll find Penns Woods. (Again, wine-chasing is calling your name!) Founder Gino Razzi started making wine in the Abruzzo region of Italy in the ‘90s before moving to Pennsylvania and opening Penns Woods. There’s wine by the glass, flight, and bottle, plus local beer, cider, meat, cheese, and spreads.
Pray Tell
1615 North Hancock Street, Fishtown
Drive from Center City: 15 minutes
Owner and winemaker Tom Caruso grew up in South Philly making wines with his Italian-American family. He grew up and moved to New York City to become a book editor, but the love of winemaking never left him. He enrolled in an intensive sommelier program, eventually moved to the West Coast to pursue his craft, and is now back in Philly proving to us city dwellers that urban winemaking is not only possible, but the results are outstanding.
Va La Vineyards
8820 Gap Newport Pike, Avondale
Drive from Center City: 1 hour and 5 minutes
Situated on a small, family-owned working farm near Kennett Square, Va La Vineyards offers seated tastings in their barn or backyard. (Reservations are required.) Owner and winemaker Anthony Vietri focuses on small-batch, dry table wines — like rosato and field blends — and only a small number of bottles are produced each vintage.
Vino Bambino Winery
848 Sussex Boulevard, Suite C, Broomall
Drive from Center City: 35 minutes
Another urban winery, Vino Bambino in Broomall offers guests a unique opportunity: wine blending. How’s it work? Using grapes sourced from California that have been turned into wine and aged in Pennsylvania, guests combine different varietals to make their own Bordeaux, Chianti, Super Tuscan, and the like.
Vox Vineti
49 Sproul Road, Christiana
Drive from Philly: 1 hour and 15 minutes
Tim Kweeder, co-owner of Fell to Earth vermouthery and Wildings Events, once told us that Vox Vineti’s wines are “pure and age-worthy,” as winegrower Ed Lazzerini “farms sustainably, ferments his wines with native yeasts, and is pretty ‘hands off’ with regards to manipulating his wines.” (Lazzerini owns and operates Vox Vineti alongside his wife, Adrienne.) Visiting the five-acre vineyard for a tasting or tour is by reservation only from 1 to 4 p.m. on Saturdays and Sundays.
Wayvine Winery & Vineyard
4374 Forge Road, Nottingham and 217 East State Street, Kennett Square
Drive from Center City: 1 hour and 10 minutes
In 2010, brothers Zachary and James Wilson planted grapes on their family’s dairy farm — and now they’ve got 18 varieties of grapevines. Their wines are minimally manipulated/filtrated, so expect to really taste the terroir coming through. You can also find Wayvine’s estate wines at Tulip Pasta + Wine Bar in Fishtown — the Wilsons helped open it in 2022 — and their just-opened tasting room in Kennett Square.
New Jersey Wineries
Wine tower from White Horse Winery / Photograph by Kae Lani Palmisano
Amalthea Cellars
209 Vineyard Road, Atco
Drive from Center City: 45 minutes
When Amalthea Cellars first opened in 1982, owner and winemaker Louis Caracciolo wasn’t interested in keeping up with local wine industry trends. While other wineries in the region were focusing on sweet, fruity wines, Caracciolo was experimenting with European-style dry whites and full-bodied reds. Today, Amalthea’s most notable wines are the Legends Edition Europa series, a line of seven Bordeaux-style red blends (different variations of cabernet sauvignon, cabernet Franc, and merlot) with complex layers of dark cherry, warm vanilla spiced, and earthy flavors. Nestled in the heart of the Pines Barrens, you’ll feel like you’re worlds away from the busy city.
Auburn Road Vineyards
117 Sharptown-Auburn Road, Pilesgrove
Drive from Center City: 45 minutes
This South Jersey spot boasts a European-style enoteca and courtyard, so you can sit among the vines with your glass (or bottle) of choice like you’re on an Italian holiday. In addition to killer wood-fired pizzas and sandwiches, Auburn Road has live music, Pilates in the vineyard, covered wagon tours, a wine CSA, and farm-to-table dinners.
Blue Cork Winery & Vineyard
1093 Blue Bell Road, Williamstown
Drive from Center City: 40 minutes
About 15 minutes down the road from Amalthea Cellars stands Blue Cork Winery & Vineyard. (This is us telling you to vineyard hop!) They grow and bottle at their estate in Jersey’s Outer Coastal Plain, making for hyperlocal reds, whites, blushes, fruit, and dessert wines. Pro tip: Don’t sleep on the wine slushies.
Renault Winery
72 Bremen Avenue, Egg Harbor City
Drive from Center City: 55 minutes
Louis Nicholas Renault immigrated to the United States from Mareuil-sur-Aÿ, part of the Champagne region of France. On a mission to save his vines from the Great French Wine Blight, he first tried winemaking in California before finding success in the Pine Barrens. He found that the region’s loamy and nutrient-rich soil was conducive to the French varietals he wanted to create, including Champagne. Today, Renault Winery is the second oldest winery in the United States and is one of the small handful of wineries grandfathered into the Champagne domain, meaning they’re actually allowed to call their sparkling wines Champagne.
Saddlehill
1407 White Horse Road, Voorhees Township
Drive from Center City: 30 minutes
Saddlehill officially opened its winery and tasting room in April of this year, but it’s also a preserved farm, where horses and alpacas gallop and graze. The vineyards, which were planted in 2021, produce grapes ranging from chardonnay to cab Franc. (There’s also an orchard and wildflower field for specialty blueberry and raspberry wines.) Enjoy a glass, bottle, or flight — plus an extensive food menu — on the kid-friendly lawn, covered patio, or indoor tasting room.
White Horse Winery
106 Hall Street, Hammonton
Drive from Center City: 38 minutes
In the heart of the Outer Coastal Plain AVA, White Horse Winery grows a generous selection of vinifera — chardonnay, Albariño, merlot, and even Chambourcin (an obscure varietal in this region), to name a few. They have excellent white wines as well as rosés, but it’s their reds that truly shine. We love the Chambourcin (a juicy, medium-bodied, crowd-pleaser) so much, we gave it a Best of Philly award in 2019.
William Heritage Winery
480 Mullica Hill Road, Mullica Hill, and 127 Kings Highway East, Haddonfield
Drive from Center City: 30 minutes
William Heritage Winery — with its flagship location in Mullica Hill and new tasting room in downtown Haddonfield — has an array of varietals and blends, plus a specialty Jersey collection (made from Jersey peaches, blueberries, and other fruits) and even craft cider. On the weekends at the Mullica Hill location, enjoy live music and food truck fare.
