Browse the Northeast -- Lake Erie Collections
Virant Family Winery, 201605/20/2016Established in 1998 by Charlie Virant, a third generation winemaker, the winery offers a relaxing family friendly atmosphere, a tasting room, and an area suitable for private events. Producing about 8,000 cases of wine annually, Frank Virant, Charlie’s son, manages 23 acres of vineyards and makes the wine. The location offers a number of dry and sweet wines but Red Velvet, a medium sweet Concord variety first produced by Charlie Virant, is the most popular wine sold on the premises. Charlie passed away in 2022 and the winery is currently managed by son Frank. |
Winery at Wolf Creek, 1980s05/27/2016Founded in 1980 by Andrew Wineberg on the property of his parents, the winery offers a number of outdoor and indoor events, large tasting areas, an outdoor deck, and picnic tables providing views of a rolling landscape of trees, vineyards and open space areas. The first 12 acres of vineyard included a mix of Cayuga White, Seyval, Vignoles, Dechaunac, Chancellor, Leon Millot, and Vidal grapes. In 2002, long-time vineyard manager Andy Troutman and his family acquired the winery and quickly expanded production and the vineyard acreage. Today much of the original hillside vineyards have been replanted with European grape varieties and the annual case production is around 10,000 cases. The Troutman family also owns the Troutman Vineyards winery in Wooster that specializes solely in estate and locally-grown wines. Wine owner: Andrew Wineberg |