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Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania is a wine region in United States, home to 16 wineries, producing red, rose, white wines.

Pennsylvania at a glance: roughly split white/red.
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Pennsylvania's 16 wineries make roughly equal white and red wine; Cabernet Franc is the most common single-grape bottling; wines carry AVA designation.

About the Pennsylvania region

    Location
    Pennsylvania is the eighth-largest wine producing state in the country.
    Climate
    The climate is mild compared to surrounding states, with the moderating effects of Lake Erie to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the east.
    Soils
    In USDA NRCS Soil Data Access results for Pennsylvania survey areas, Inceptisols have the largest weighted component acreage, approximately 11,204,208 acres.

Region facts sourced from USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service, Soil Data Access query for Pennsylvania (PA survey-area prefix), retrieved 2026-07-11. (U.S. Government work / Public Domain (17 U.S.C. § 105)), Wikipedia contributors, "Pennsylvania wine", Wikipedia, revision 1357184214, retrieved 2026-07-11. (Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International).

Most common single-grape wines

When Pennsylvania wines are made from a single grape (rather than a blend), these are the most common:

Wine profile

Pennsylvania is roughly split, making substantial white (43%) and red (39%) wine.

44 distinct Pennsylvania wines tracked, spanning the colours and styles below.

  • White19 · 43%
  • Red17 · 39%
  • Rose8 · 18%

Types: Sparkling, Still.

Representative Pennsylvania wines

Selected from stable product-to-region relationships for diversity — not a claim that these are the region's best wines.

  • Galen Glen — Corkscrew Willow White
  • Stargazers — Rose Gold
  • Galen Glen — Gewurtztraminer
  • Galen Glen — Stone Cellar Dry Rose
  • Galen Glen — Vinology Cellar Red
  • Galen Glen — Excuse My Rouge
  • Penns Woods — Wildflower White
  • Galen Glen — Riesling

Quality designations

Wines here carry AVA status — a controlled quality designation.

  • AVAAmerican Viticultural Area — a defined US grape-growing region, marking where the grapes were grown.

United States wine designations

AVA
An American viticultural area is a U.S.-government-recognized delimited grape-growing area.
Understanding the wine data
Designation
The protected-origin or administrative category associated with the wine, interpreted using country-aware rules. The same abbreviation can mean different things in different countries, so we only show the meaning approved for that country.
How this ranking is built

Producers are included when WhatDrink has a canonical producer-to-region relationship supported by the catalogue data. Display order may use represented wine count and relationship confidence to provide useful coverage; it is not a ranking of winery quality, prestige, production volume or critical acclaim.

Representative wines are selected from products with a stable relationship to this region, with preference for clear producer identity and a useful spread of producers, wine styles and designations. Inclusion is not an editorial score and does not mean these are the region’s best wines.

How to choose a good Pennsylvania wine

Look for the AVA designation — it signals a controlled-origin Pennsylvania wine.

FAQs

Where is Pennsylvania?
Pennsylvania is the eighth-largest wine producing state in the country.
What do the designation terms on Pennsylvania wines mean?
AVA: An American viticultural area is a U.S.-government-recognized delimited grape-growing area. These terms describe geographical or regulatory categories; they do not by themselves guarantee that one producer or bottle is better than another.
How are wineries and producers selected for Pennsylvania?
Producers are included when WhatDrink has a canonical producer-to-region relationship supported by the catalogue data. Display order may use represented wine count and relationship confidence to provide useful coverage; it is not a ranking of winery quality, prestige, production volume or critical acclaim.
How are representative Pennsylvania wines selected?
Representative wines are selected from products with a stable relationship to this region, with preference for clear producer identity and a useful spread of producers, wine styles and designations. Inclusion is not an editorial score and does not mean these are the region’s best wines.
How much wine data does WhatDrink have for Pennsylvania?
The current regional catalogue contains 44 linked wines from 16 linked producers. Counts describe WhatDrink catalogue coverage and may change as source data is refreshed.

Regional data is aggregated from wine directory and product-catalogue sources; grape and style associations reflect characteristic varieties and may vary by producer and vintage.