Benigna’s Creek Vineyard & Winery

We have been to Benigna’s two times now for the Lighting of the Vineyard. Very nice winery with beautiful view. Great tasting room and deck to drink a glass of wine. The wines are okay. Very sweet which is indicative of the area. Definitely try the BC Red and the Late Harvest.

Loved it! Stopped by during their pig roast in July, so it was quite hot. That being the case, we stuck to the whites — since they were chilled. Loved the Delicioso Sol and the Sunshine, wonderful for a warm summer evening. They also have a good selection of fruit/​berry wines. I got a bottle of the blueberry and just made a BBQ sauce with it — gave AMAZING flavor — used the rest to dribble over vanilla ice cream — yummmmy. They have a wonderful deck where you can sit out looking out over the vineyard, the tasting room is well laid out. They also sell some local cheeses — sipping wine, crackers and cheese — what’s not to like. I would definitely recommend stopping by for a test if you’re in the area.

Their Strawberry wine is the best! I was so good I went back the next day and bought two more bottles!!!

My grandparents live out near here, and introduced my immediate family to Benigna’s Creek’s wines a few years back over thanksgiving dinner. Since I turned 21, I’ve made a habit of stopping by to pick up a few bottles on the way out to school each fall.
Initially, at least, they chose to focus primarily on heavier, sweeter wines, including several pure-​berry wines and a particularly good late harvest ice wine. Though they’ve since expanded their reach into drier wines, their earlier, sweeter vintages remain my favorites, and their strongest wines. They’ve done particularly well in competitions with their fruit wines.
By far my favorite, and an essential component of my stockpile, is their late harvest ice wine; sweet and fruity, with apricot notes and about 14% RS, it can only be used as a dessert wine, but fills that role admirably. Their all-​blueberry and all-​strawberry wines are also excellent, as is the house Benigna’s Red.
My tastes in wine generally tend towards the sweet and fruity, so this is an ideal winery for me; I’m perfectly aware, however, that not everyone’s tastes are as mine. Unfortunately, their drier wines aren’t quite as polished as their early, sweet vintages. The semi-​sweet wines, in particular, are still sweet enough to qualify as sweet under most criteria, and they’ve yet to fully balance some of their dry vintages.
Nonetheless, for dessert, berry, and sweet wines, it’s hard to top Benigna’s vintages. It’s even harder to top their prices; located in rural Central PA, their production cost seems to be significantly lower than their suburban competitors in the Philly area, and it shows in prices which are, bottle-​for-​bottle, about 20−30% lower.
They also hold regular tastings and tours of the vineyard, and participate in most central PA wine festivals. It’s definitely worth the time to stop in for a visit if you’re in the area or just passing through.