Deer Creek Winery - McCandless

My bestie and I stopped in here for wine flights and ended up ordering another glass as well since we were there during happy hour. We enjoyed all of our wines and the overall atmosphere of the location. They had lots of wines to choose from to buy to take home, fun and colorful glassware, wine accessories, and other silly little wine-themed trinkets and gifts. Both ladies working were incredibly friendly and showed us the wine gift boxes they were setting up (they were so cute and would be the best gifts- they said they even put a bow on them so they're ready to hand out). We were chatting with one of the ladies about the Taylor Swift wine-themed quotes on the wall behind us and ended up bonding over her music, which was fun. My friend bought some glassware to put in her daughter's hope chest and a couple other little trinkets. I bought a bottle of the elderberry pie wine and 2 of the most beautiful hand-painted wine glasses that have sunflowers on them for a co-workers birthday present (if I remember to, then I'll update my review later on with a picture of them because I forgot to take one before they were wrapped up). I was also very tempted to buy the long-stemmed, colorful wine glasses in the photo I did take of one of the stemware areas, but didn't want to risk breaking them on our way back home since they seemed more fragile. I definitely recommend stopping in here for a delicious glass of wine and to browse for holiday gifts!

Deer Creek Winery operates two wineries, two country inns, and four retail stores that sell their wines. Today was my first visit to this particular store in McCandless. As soon as I entered the store, an employee kindly greeted me, and she explained that the driest wines are on the top shelves and the sweetest wines are on the bottom shelves. My husband and I enjoy sweet wines, so that information helped me. I chose a bottle of grape-strawberry wine, and the employee offered me a few mini cups of that semi-sweet flavor and other, sweeter flavors to taste-test. They all tasted sweet and delicious. I purchased the grape-strawberry bottle of wine for $21. The employee put the bottle inside a bag and thanked me.I think that this store also sells some olive oils and packaged chocolates.

If you like a sweet and non traditional wine, Deer Creek Winery is your place. We tried the Sangria, the Blueberry, and few other wines as well. Everything we tried was yummy but very sweet. We ended up buying a few bottles! The shop is cute too as they have lots of nifty gifty things! Definitely worth checking out

Nice bright location with a very personable staff. The staff was helpful in giving us a few ideas on how to use the Autumn Breeze (apple). If you're looking for wine accessories: wine bags, unique wine glasses, corkscrews, wine gift bags, cork holders (a variety to pick from) this is your place. As far as the wine goes they have a nice variety of sweet, fruity wines available for purchase and tasting. I was very excited to see they had a Cabernet Franc available, since it's a hard to find wine, but after tasting I was disappointed in its very mellow flavor. (Most reds, usually have a punch of flavor before it mellows a bit, but I couldn't even imagine this wine going anywhere even if it were aged.) Would give it another chance in the future.If you buy a few bottles, they have a small discount.

I've stopped in here twice now and both times were a good experience. The first was while waiting on a table at Burgatory. If you have a bit of a wait, I highly recommend swing over to Deer Creek. On this visit I was able to taste several of their wines which were mostly sweet. They admittedly said they do not have many dry wines which I prefer but the helpful and friendly staff pointed me towards a few of their wines that might appeal to me. Enough so that I walked out with a bottle of Their Shippenville Red. While it was on the sweeter side, I really enjoyed the taste.The second time I went was just to kill time before a movie. They had a sign out advertising Mulled Wine that intrigued me. Again, they were very welcoming and helpful while offering tastes of several wines. I am looking forward to going back and exploring some more.

Came here after eating stopping at another store in the plaza. It caught my eye because of the free wine tasting sign. We came in and the staff was very welcoming and friendly. They were happy to give us samples of their unique wines made locally in PA. I really liked their port wine and it went down really smooth. I bought a bottle. It was reasonably priced at $21. They have monthly specials this month was the peach wine. I liked many of their wines they were so smooth. I am usually a sweet wine type of person but even their dry wines tasted good to me. I enjoyed their rhubarb, sparkling, moscato, there were so many we tried and there wasn't one I disliked. They also have cool wine classes and other wine accessories. Really cool place.

Probably the worst winery I have ever been to in my life. They are not environmentally friendly . They use plastic to serve their wine in. Also, the manager Emily Matelan 4123677179 is so rude and extremely unhelpful. If you aren't careful she will call the cops on you and have you arrested for no good reason. She did that to me. My name is Lisa Brown. Also, the wine is disgusting in my opinion.... Erie does not grow the best grapes for wine. I would know since I have much experience with wine due to my time living in Northern California spent at numerous wineries in Napa and other locations. I have also tried wines from all over Europe and South America. This place will be out of business in just a matter of time.

The staff was very friendly and knowledgeable of all the wines they had. They let us try anything we wanted and they have quite a few wines. I love supporting local wineries and breweries so I'll definitely be back to grab some more bottles. My favorites were the Clarion Concord, Shippenville Red and Rhubard. I never new you could turn Rhubard into wine let alone a good tasting wine! They were all on the sweeter side but not overpowering. I actually went with the Clarion Concord. It tasted like grape juice! The lady working also gave me a good tip for fall/ holiday drink. If you like mulled wine she suggested getting their apple wine mixing it with apple cider and their mulled spice pack. It sounds so good can't wait to try it!

After my quick run to Trader Joes, I decided to visit Deer Creek Winery. The staff and customers were very pleasant upon my arrival. I was immediately invited to taste test various wines according to my style and flavor. The staff was very knowledgeable of the wines and very helpful in guiding me to the appropriate wine for me. The wine I enjoyed the most was the Rustic Red. It has a very nice grapey flavor with some sweetness, I only wish the sweetness was turned down just a notch and it would have been perfect! It was not as full bodied as the Cabernet Franc I tried. But out of the few that I tried, it was my preferred. Another good one is the Rocky Ridge, however I am not much of a white wine drinker these days--my palette has truly changed over the years. But it is one that I would definitely recommend to a white wine drinker.If it is your first time there, or maybe you have been before but t it has been a while...they have an IPad to provide your information and once checked in to their system, you receive a $1 off coupon or other freebies that you get to choose from. The employee was so friendly, she allowed me to have a $1 off and allowed me to save my check in coupon to redeem on the next visit. When I have a bit more time, I plan to try out more of their wines...wine down and relax!

Deer creek wines are lousy...I tried their version of Cabernet...had such a bad after taste ..the white wines all taste the same ....and theyre pricey!! Save your money!