My wife and I always visit the regional wineries whenever we travel. We discovered this gem on one trip to Pennsylvania. Quality crafted wines with a flavor to match anyone's taste. A few of my choices are "fainting goat" and "bliss". One of their newest wines is flavored like cotton candy. Definitely check them out
Really nice little winery. We sat and had a tasting (amazingly at no cost) and talked to the staff for an hour or so. They had some nice snacks. We ended up taking a couple bottles home.
My fiancé & I enjoyed this winery very much. It's very beautiful. The wine was delicious the tastings are free! We bought 8 bottles the wine was so tastey! The staff is wonderful & extremely friendly. We took a free tour which was also fun. It's definitely worth a try!
Coming from the Virginia wine country, we love to check out the local fair while vacationing. thank god for GPS as Franklin is little off the beaten path, through a field, past a farm..... Beautiful little tasting room and some very nice selections to taste. Left with several bottles. As the DD I was happy to get complementary snacks and water, in fact the tasting is also complementary but limited to 6. worth the drive, we will return when back in the area.
I visited this vineyard with my husband, parents and 3 year old. Their tastings are complimentary, what a perk! They also have dips that are fabulous. Glasses are $5 and bottles average $11. The outdoor patio is the perfect little spot to enjoy a glass. A nice spot to relax. The staff was informative and friendly.
We visited the actual vineyards in Bangor. Tastings during the week are free. You try 6 wines. You chose. It's pretty cool. They also had dips and cheese that you can enjoy. The only downside was that the girl, although super friendly, was not very informative of the wines. Also, the tour of the vineyards was not really promoted. Would have been nice to see the vineyards. We also visited their Tannersville location and the man there was very informative! Our favorites are Catawba and Katie's Creek, and their pomegranate flavor was amazing.
Visit to the vineyard and wine tasting was the icing on the cake. The scenic drive from Bushkill. PA to Franklin Hill Vineyards was truly amazing and peaceful. There is something awesome and beckoning about the Delaware River.The vineyard is somewhat smaller than many I have visited over time, and in different parts of the world; but let that not dissuade you. Franklin Hill Vineyards is every bit as professional; the staff is expert. Explanations left no one in our group with unanswered questions, from planting grapes, to caring, harvesting, processing, bottling, labelling, packing, and shipping. The most interesting story, of course, is the Vineyard's beginnings how the owner (Elaine Pivitsky) fell in love with the property... and the rest is history.... But do not let me spoil it for you. Go to Bangor, Pennsylvania at the foot of The Poconos; some of the most beautiful scenery your camera will ever record... visit the winery, have a little nosh and sip TRIO while you hear this wonderfully ambitious story. It will warm your heart and you will say BRAVO!Wine is available for purchase along with many flavours of jam, salsa, biscuits, candles, and many more too numerous to mention here.... Don't take my word for it... go to BANGOR, PA, and visit The Franklin Hill Winery.You will fall in love with Funnyface the resident black and white cat.We purchased three bottles of wine - TRIO, EVANSWOOD RED TABLE WINE AND CHAMBOURCIN; drank TRIO with filet mignon for dinner that evening and transported the other two reds to our Canadian home.
This review is specifically for their retail sales and tasting room in Tannersville, PA. We didn't visit the vineyard.We've become skeptical of local and regional wineries. They tend to be overpriced with wines of very uneven quality. Still, there isn't any other really good way to get an overview of an area's wine industry without stepping into a few of these places. So, we weren't expecting a whole lot when we went in. There were two pleasant surprises. The first was the two young women who were operating the place. You couldn't ask for two friendlier people to host the tasting, and they were knowledgeable about the product they were selling. The second was price. We are used to seeing local wineries pricing their product from $20 to $35 dollars a bottle. Franklin Hill's offerings were mostly$11 to $14. We ended up buying a bottle of Simply Red for $12.Disappointment set in later when we got back to the room and opened it. We poured glasses for ourselves, took a sip, and waited to experience the taste. There was a moment of silence. Usually when the wine is good, the silence is followed by approving nods. In this case the moment of silence was longer. Then I said, "This isn't very good. I don't think I want to drink it." My wife agreed. It had very little "wine" taste and mostly just tasted like slightly salty water.I don't know if it tasted different from the one we drank from at the store, or if it just tasted worse when you weren't trying to be nice to the people who work there. Whatever. I got up, poured it out, and opened a bottle of Two-Buck Chuck.
A little hard to get to but a beautiful sight to see. Great vineyard with a wine tasting bar stocked with winery gifts and bottles of wine for purchase. Perfect for our Sunday drive in the country.
Tried some very different wines here. Their RED HEAD win was amazing, as was the Fainting Goat and many of the other wines as well. The staff was super friendly and made us feel welcome. I wound up buying three bottle of wine, but I realized later that day that I should have bought more. I LOVED it!