Southern Vermont Wine

Southern Vermont's wine and cider scene stretches from the Connecticut River town of Brattleboro west through the Green Mountain foothills to Bennington, connecting art galleries, ski resorts, and farm estates along the way. The region is less developed than the Champlain Valley to the north, but several producers are making genuinely interesting wines from Marquette, La Crescent, and other cold-hardy varieties in soils influenced by Green Mountain glacial deposits. Vermont's strong farm-to-table culture, world-class skiing (Stratton, Mount Snow, Bromley), and celebrated arts communities (Brattleboro's NECCA circus school, Bennington's Covered Bridge Museum) create a tourist infrastructure that supports wine visits as part of broader Vermont travel.