StoneBrook Winery: Where History Meets the Vine

Some family legacies are measured in generations. Ours is measured in stone.

Since the mid-1800s, this land has been shaped by hands that understood adaptation, resilience, and the art of building something meant to last. What began as a working farm has evolved over nearly two centuries, yet the stones remain, solid reminders of those who came before.

The Blacksmith’s Hammer

In 1871, fieldstone walls rose on this property, assembled by skilled German artisans who knew their craft would outlive them. Inside, a blacksmith shop roared to life, the heartbeat of the community. Walter’s wagons rolled out of this building: coaches for Sunday drives, surreys for courting couples, freight wagons for commerce, hay wagons for harvest. By the late 1800s, if you needed it built or fixed, you came here.

Today, only two of those original hay wagons remain on the farm, a silent witness to an era when everything was made by hand, built to endure, and worth the wait.

134 Years of Reinvention

As the blacksmith business faded in the 1920s, the farm didn’t. We pivoted to livestock and produce, then to dairying when that’s what the land and the times demanded. By the mid-1950s, dairy gave way to cattle and horses. Each generation asked the same question: What does this land need to thrive now?

The answer today? Grapes. Horses. Forage crops. And wine that honors every era that came before.

Perhaps it was always meant to be this way. Great-great-grandpa’s tombstone bears carved grapes, a quiet prophecy etched in stone long before vines ever took root here. Some things, it seems, run deeper than memory.

Two Farmsteads, One Story

The original 1871 farmstead still stands, its fieldstone buildings as sturdy as the day they were raised. The main house? Still lived in. The barns? Still working. These aren’t museum pieces—they’re home.

The second farmstead, built in 1890 after a land division, retains its late-1800s charm and has found a new purpose as our winery tasting room. Step inside the tasting room and you’re surrounded by history: original tools, household items, outbuildings that tell the story of those who lived, worked, and dreamed here more than a century ago.

Pour. Relax. Remember.

After you’ve explored the winery and wandered through the outbuildings, find your way to the pavilion. Surrounded by rolling green hills and views that haven’t changed much since 1871, it’s the perfect place to settle in with a glass, a cheese tray, and good company.

The breeze is gentle. The scenery is timeless. The wine? Well, that’s the newest chapter in a very old story.

Welcome to StoneBrook. Where every bottle honors the hands that built the foundation.