2020 Best of West Virginia: Winery

Looking for the best places in West Virginia? We have those answers and more in this year’s Best of West Virginia issue. Each year our readers cast ballots, and this year they cast more than ever before. Nearly 200,000 votes rolled in selecting the very best in more than 70 categories. Read about this year’s winners in our winery category and use the 2020 Best of West Virginia awards as your personal guide to the state’s best eateries, towns, parks, cideries, museums, and more.

Kirkwood Winery & Isaiah Morgan Distillery

Kirkwood Winery & Isaiah Morgan Distillery is the smallest licensed distillery in the United States. But that’s nothing to whine about. The winery produces 39 truly Appalachian wines— like Appalachian Ramp, which is great for cooking, plus Dandelion, Swiss Chard Rhubarb, and Ginseng. Harvests from the winery’s blackberry, raspberry, and blueberry field yield more than 4,000 gallons of wine annually, from which Kirkwood Winery produces its French-American hybrid varietal, mead, vegetable, and fruit wines. 45 Winery Road, Summersville, 304.872.7332, kirkwood-wine.com, @kirkwoodwinerywv on Facebook