Adams County Winery

The wines are just horrible. Really, really bad. And not cheap either. Do you think that «wine slushies» sound classy? Then this may be your type of place. But otherwise just buy a nice bottle of wine from a real wine producing region (the Finger Lakes is the closest), go to a BYO restaurant, and drink it.

Adams County Winery (or better known as Gettysburg Winery) is one of the oldest wineries in Pennsylvania and also voted Best Winery in Gettysburg. With that said, Adams County has created some of the best wines that I have ever tasted, three are in fact my all-​time favorites: Tears of Gettysburg (Vidal, Seyval and Niagara), Rebel Red (Concord blend), and Black Magic (100% blackberry wine). Yankee Blue (100% blueberry wine) and also the President’s Choice Moscato are wonderful too, however, they tend to be very sweet and there are some other wines from different wineries that I prefer over those two, but the other three will never be able to be replaced.
Believe it or not, I have actually never been to their farm where the wine is made but I am a frequent visitor of their Wine Shop at 25C on Chambersburg Street in Gettysburg. This is where they have a small tasting room, wine and cheese for sale and a few small tables for you to enjoy yourself.
Notes:
First Friday of the month from 4:00PM through 8:00PM they have drink specials.
Fourth Thursday of every month they have a «read between the lines book club» at 6:30PM.

I definitely recommend Adams County Winery. You can choose up to five wines to taste for free. I am a fan of sweet wines. If you enjoy blackberries, I highly recommend the Black Magic wine. It is delicious! It is sweet and you can really taste the blackberries. The wines are very reasonably priced.

My husband and I enjoy visiting wineries to taste the wines and to hear the stories from the winery owners or shop owners. Listening to why they make the wine or sell the wine is always interesting. We have been to many in our immediate area and always return to Adams county winery or the store in town. We have visited the winery on two occasions. Once to make wine as our daughter gifted us the experience. Enjoyable but we prefer the wine shop in town. Not as many people tasting when we go to the wine store. We prefer the smaller crowd and the very personal and undivided attention we receive. The people pouring the wine are always friendly and are very willing to explain the different wines. They don’t mind questions and are most attentive. We take our girls for special celebrations and more often just for a nice long drive to Gettysburg. All four of us have very different tastes and our wine choices differ depending on the batch. However, the Rebel Red is my absolute favorite and although last years batch was a bit different, we still came home with two cases of wine. Mostly Rebel Red. We are Members of the barrel club. Would highly recommend tasting all wines at Adams. They have enough of a selection that anyone’s taste will surely be covered. From stray cat to tears of Gettysburg to rebel red to presidents choice there is a wine for everybody. If you have time, buy some cheese and crackers and a bottle of wine and sit in the little seating area. My girls who are young adults prefer the black magic. It’s a bit sweet for us but it is yummy if you like the sweeter wines. They have mulled wine they sell by the glass which is perfect in the colder weather. Nice place to sit and catch up with friends and family and to enjoy really tasty wine. We never return home without a case or two or three. Hmmm. I think our Rebel Red bottles need replacing. Adams here we come.

While in Gettysburg this weekend my boyfriend and I stopped to restock his wine collection at the Adams County winery stone in town. We already knew what we were going to bring back with us as this is his favorite winery and he restocks the same varietals regularly, but we did do a wine tasting while we were there as well. We started with the riesling (A floral Riesling with subtle honeysuckle and apricot tones, this wine pleases all palates). We both thought it was far too dry as we prefer sweeter rieslings, which this was not. We then tasted the timepiece riesling (A dessert wine yielding intense floral aromas, this Riesling presents tropical characteristics of pineapple and mango followed by pear and honeysuckle.) This was far too sweet in my opinion. We restocked on the Tears of Gettysburg is which our favorite (Double Gold Medal Winner — Our hallmark wine is celebrating its 25^th Anniversary this year. A distinctively smooth union of Niagara, Vidal, and Seyval.) It is very smooth and not overly sweet. We also restocked on the Rebel Red (Double Gold Medal Winner — Our most popular red wine. This semi-​sweet Concord blend has a dry finish.). I do not like reds usually but I love this one-​perfectly balanced. We also tasted the Rusty’s Red since the gentleman assisting us said the Rebel Red was a new batch and many people were saying Rusty’s is sweeter when typically it’s the opposite. We agreed-Rusty’s was a bit sweeter, described as «red wine is as sweet as its namesake. It is named in honor of the winery’s V.I.P. (Very Important Pet), Rusty, the Golden Retriever.» We also stocked a couple bottles of that. A case was $ 162 but you get to become a member of their case club and get a discount on any future purchases. I highly recommend stopping in if you are in Gettysburg. The actual winery is not far and we are planning to go to the actual winery on our next visit.

Did not look at any previous reviews. Went in there during the week of Apple Fest. We walked in. We were not ignored. We had someone to explain the wine from a list that we received based on the taste of wine we like. We like red with a little of sweetness to it but not too sweet. Given that information and the pleasant experience and knowledge, we rated that a better experience and warm welcome than the other winery that was up the street, umm Reid’s the lady there was not friendly at all. This was the better choice. And we are very critical. The sweet spicy wine was my favorite gets better after every taste.

Stopped by the other day for a wine tasting. It’s a given that the wine is sweet — we’re talking about Central PA, after all. I thought the wine was pretty good, but what I really loved was the atmosphere. Buying a bottle to drink on the deck was definitely worth it. Very relaxing.
I was a little thrown off by the dogs inside. I’m a dog owner and a dog lover, but I thought it was strange that there would be little yippy dogs around during a wine tasting. Maybe it was a special event?

tried wine– it was terrible

This review actually references the winery in Ottarra, not the tasting room in Gettysburg.
We stopped here as part of the Mason Dixon Wine Trail’s Tour de Tanks. It’s a cute little location with some nice views. The staff was very friendly and engaging, and the wines were good, a few were very good.
We got a tour and some snacks as a part of our tour tickets, and both were basic, but very nice.
Overall, a really cute place, and we would definitely go back.

Wine here is slightly sweet for my taste, but service was good.

We really enjoyed stopping into Adams County Winery. The woman who poured our tastings was so kind and informative. We spoke with her for a while. She was very proud of the company and was a huge supporter of their wines. We loved the chocolate and Scrapple wines and were happy to hear that we could purchase them closer to home (especially because the Scrapple wine would be a good Christmas party gift).

The facility is a bit hodge-​podgy but the staff are all friendly and knowledgeable and they had some unique wines for a great price. I brought my sister and her bf, both had never been to a vineyard before nor are they big wine drinkers but they had a great time! The girl conducting our tasting was very knowledgable and down-​to-​earth so my sister and her bf felt comfortable asking even the simplest of questions. I have never tasted a wine made from concord grapes so that was interesting, like drinking alcoholic grape koolaide! I’m not a huge fan of whites but they had a good selection of whites that were very tasty and great for the summer. If we are in the area again, we will return.

visited downtown gettysburg and stopped in here on labor day. the clerk, connie was very friendly and gave us a great, free tasting. the entire store smells like concord grapes because they make candles from their own grape juice in the basement of the store! we purchased the reisling (not overly sweet, delicious) and the rebel red. will definitely be back to this place. both bottles were $ 13-​$ 15 — pretty good.

We stopped at this little winery on our way home from a wonderful weekend in Gettysburg, and I am so glad we did! It was an adorable little spot with a nice selection.
As the previous reviewer mentioned, they seem to be known for the fruit wine. I bought a bottle of apple and strawberry and loved them both.
What I loved most was the little impromptu taste testing we took part in. For one dollar a taste, we were able to sale pretty much everything this winery had to offer. My personal favorite was the Vidal Blanc, and at only a few dollars a bottle I was able to take home a few.
The owner of this winery really loves what he does, and is very knowledgable about the product, which made our visit all the more enjoyable.

Friendly Service, helpful hints, and generous free samples.
Not necessarily the highest end wines, however the products are quality and offered at affordable prices. You can pick up a very decent bottle for 12 – 16 $.
Many of the offerings are in fact, also unique to the area. They offer a wide variety of fruit wines, I would suggest you check out a sample of the Scrapple Wine, not made of scrapple! It’s actually an acronym for Sweet CRanberry APPLE. Cranberry Apple Wine? Okay not traditional in the least, but quite tasty and very unique.
I personally love to buy a couple bottles of the local brew whenever I go to these small vintners– if you love exploring local wines– I don’t think you will be disappointed stopping by this winery/​shop.