Narcisi Winery

Gibsonia, United States

Introduction

Narcisi Winery is a family-owned and operated winery just 10 miles north of Pittsburgh in Gibsonia, Pennsylvania. We are proud to offer both classic and unique wines based on tried-and-true family recipes perfected by many generations of Italian winemakers. Our reds, whites, blushes, roses, and fruit wines will perk up your taste buds while our beautiful winery and restaurant draw you back to a setting reminiscent of a Tuscan villa, where time and worries dissolve into the rolling hills of the countryside.

Location

4578 Gibsonia Rd, Gibsonia, PA 15044, United States

4578 Gibsonia Rd

4578 Gibsonia Rd, Gibsonia, PA 15044, USA

History

Founded in 2001, Narcisi Winery is a family-owned and operated winery located just 10 miles north of Pittsburgh in Gibsonia, Pennsylvania. Nestled within the beautiful rolling hills of Western PA, the winery will draw you back to a setting reminiscent of a Tuscan villa, where time and worries dissolve into the countryside. In 1911, Raphael Narcisi and his two brothers, Giovanni and Gabriele, immigrated to the United States from Italy, Abruzzo, Giulianova. They settled in the small community of Sharpsburg, a suburb of Pittsburgh. Bringing their knowledge of Italian wine-making to the city of Pittsburgh, Raphael nurtured his passion and continued to make wine for his family and community. Raphael’s son Thomas learned the techniques and developed his love of wine-making. He eventually built a cellar on his farm in Coraopolis. In 1980, he passed the reins to his nephew Dennis, who “inherited” the passion. Realizing his dream, he, along with his wife Sara and son Randy, opened Narcisi Winery on November 1, 2001. In 2006, son Tony joined the family team, and the tradition continues.

In 2009, we added a restaurant. The original kitchen is now our gift shop, with the only room for service above the tasting bar and on the then-newly-built outdoor patio. In 2010, they reinvented the area. They got some extra serving space as well when our outdoor pavilion was completed that year. In 2011, the larger dining room and kitchen were completed, and the Restaurant got some more room to breathe.

The Winery has been expanding quickly as well. The gift shop was built shortly after the kitchen was moved in 2012. The “tank room” (the location where the wine is made) has slowly been moving further back in the building as we continue to add on and expand. We’re in the final stages of completing another tank room expansion and creation of a freezer unit to make the wine-making process more efficient.

Today, the Narcisi Family invites you to come and enjoy generations of wine-making. Take a tour, taste our wines, and visit our store.

Practices & Techniques

The winery is a state-of-the-art facility combining Old World wine-making traditions with modern technology. All grapes are harvested from local, Pennsylvania vineyards and processed exclusively with stainless steel equipment and tanks. The Narcisi wine-making process is focused on naturally preserving the true character of the grape through the use of natural methods of wine-making, such as minimal filtration and the addition of very few sulfites and other preservatives. Narcisi Winery produces 35,000 gallons, or 175,000 bottles of wine a year, ranging from complex, dry red wines to sweet fruit wines. All wine processing, from crushing to fermenting to bottling, is done in-house. Most of our grapes are grown in Pennsylvania or come from the Lake Erie AVA. 2 varietals, Frontenac and Vidal Blanc, are grown on the property.