About Bishop's Orchards Winery
Bishop's Orchards has farmed in Guilford for more than 150 years, and the family turns its own fruit into wine and hard cider. The fruit wines are built on apples: Stonehouse White is a dry apple wine with a touch of oak, Apple Raspberry Blush is semi-dry, and Honey Peach Melba adds peaches, raspberries and honey from the orchard's bees. The Daughters & Sons hard ciders range from Burton, a dry cider of bittersweet and heirloom apples such as Dabinett and Ashmead's Kernel, to semi-sweet blueberry and raspberry ciders.
Tastings are $10 per person on Saturdays and Sundays from noon to 5 pm, with no appointment needed. From May through October they are held outdoors by the Little Red Barn, and from November through April inside the Farm Market wine bar. Parties of ten or more should call ahead. Not every wine and cider is available all year.
The rest of the farm fills out a day. The Farm Market on Boston Post Road is open year-round with produce, baked goods and prepared foods, and the Creamery scoops ice cream daily through November 1 in 2026. Pick-your-own runs from strawberries in mid-June through blueberries, peaches, raspberries and pears to apples from late August to late October and pumpkins until Halloween, at the main orchard on New England Road and the Dunk Rock raspberry patch. The Fall Festival is open daily 10 to 5 through November 1, 2026. Pets are not allowed in the orchards.
Lavender Pond Farm in Killingworth is about 20 minutes north, so a summer day can pair lavender fields with berry picking and a weekend tasting here.
What to do
- Taste apple-based fruit wines and hard ciders for $10 on weekends
- Try the Burton dry cider made from heirloom apples
- Pick strawberries mid-June to early July and blueberries mid-July to mid-August
- Pick apples late August to late October
- Visit the Fall Festival, daily 10–5 through November 1, 2026
- Get ice cream at the Creamery
Season, hours and prices
- Season
- Weekend tastings year-round (outdoors May–October, in the Farm Market November–April); pick-your-own mid-June through October
- Hours
- 2026, as posted: wine tastings Sat–Sun noon–5 pm; Farm Market Mon–Sat 8 am–7 pm, Sun 9 am–6 pm; Creamery daily 11 am–9 pm through November 1; Fall Festival daily 10 am–5 pm through November 1
- Admission
- Wine and cider tasting $10 per person (2026); pick-your-own priced by container size
Good to know
- Age
- 21 or older to taste or drink alcohol
- Dogs
- Not allowed in the orchards
- Reservations
- Walk-in on weekends; parties of 10 or more call ahead
- Payment
- Credit, debit and cash (no checks or EBT at pick-your-own)
Tips for your visit
- Call the pick-your-own hotline, 203-458-PICK, which is updated daily, before you go
- The 2026 site lists the Little Red Barn as closed for the season, so confirm where tastings are held
- Leave pets at home if you plan to pick fruit
- Plan a designated driver if you are tasting
Pair it with a lavender farm
Lavender Pond Farm · about 20 minutes away
Lavender Pond Farm in Killingworth is about 20 minutes north, an easy summer pairing with berry picking and a weekend tasting.
Getting there
Questions
How much is a tasting?
Tastings are $10 per person, as posted in 2026.
When can I taste?
Saturdays and Sundays from noon to 5 pm, with no appointment needed for small groups.
Can I bring my dog?
Pets are not allowed in the orchards because of federal food safety rules.
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