The Vineyard & Tasting Room

Victory View Vineyard is a small farm in rural Washington County in upstate New York. Our vineyard’s soils, southern exposure and temperate climate allow us to use sustainable methods to grow exceptional grapes from cultivars including marquette, maréchal foch, frontenac, melody, la crescent, lacrosse, and petite pearl. We grow the grapes for all of our wines on our farm, and handcraft and bottle all of our wines at our farm winery.

We have a tiny tasting room in the corner of our winery. We encourage guests to sample our wines and tour our winery and vineyard. We have outside seating when the weather is nice and we use our barrel room for inside seating. Our goal is to craft fine wine at an affordable price and show case our rural roots.

About Us

We - Mary and Gerry Barnhart - share many passions. We both have a passion for family life, healthy living, good food, history, and a rural way of life. We grew up in the rural Catskill Mountains, went to colleges in New York State, and eventually had careers in public service. Gerry was the Director of New York State’s Department of Fish, Wildlife and Marine Resources. Mary was a public school elementary teacher. So add enjoyment of the great outdoors and education to our list of passions.

After raising three kids in North Easton and upon retirement Gerry’s vision was to “keep our farm in agriculture” and attract wildlife. So he planted some hybrid test vines and built some wetlands. The vines survived winter, the wine was very good, and the wetlands attracted wood ducks, mallards, green-wing teal, and hooded merganser. Eventually, Gerry’s vision morphed into commercially selling wine from the hybrid vines developed by the University of Minnesota and Cornell. So he came up with a business plan to establish a farm winery with local history and rural life as the backdrop.

Today Victory View Vineyard is the end result of a new passion: growing grapes and making wine. It’s a family affair. We keep the vineyard in shape and the grapes healthy. The kids, now in their forties, come home to help with planting, building trellis, pruning, bottling and harvesting. More family members, neighbors, friends come to help at harvest - the tractor rides being the favorite of the grandchildren. This website was built by our son. Life is good. View video about Victory View Vineyard>

Explore Our Region

Our region is rich in our nation's history and a rural home to small, diverse agricultural businesses and inviting villages. Our people are welcoming, hardworking, and we enjoy outside activities.

Victory View Vineyard is located on the eastern stretch of the Upper Hudson Wine Trail. Our community of craft beverage makers is growing as more vineyards are planted in the region. We are members of the Greater Greenwich Chamber of Commerce and the New York Wine & Grape Foundation.

In 2016, our farm winery joined with local artisan cheese makers to make Victory View Vineyard a stop on The Washington County Cheese Tour as the official wine of The Cheese Tour. The Cheese Tour with Wine, Beer and Cider takes place annually on the weekend after Labor Day. We are open both days from 10 am to 6 pm.

While visiting the area check out the Saratoga National Historical Park, Hudson Crossing Park, Willard Mountain Ski Area, and the Washington County Fair.

At Victory View Vineyard, we have a memorable way for you to experience our vineyard and farm winery. Please be sure to make us a stop on your journey!