Pontchartrain Vineyards

Welcome to Pontchartrain Vineyards crafting Louisiana’s Wine since 1991. Whether visiting our beautiful vineyard and tasting room or shopping in your favorite store, experience our distinctive wines and celebrate Louisiana’s rich cultural heritage in every bottle. We invite you to explore our wines and winery. Every spring and fall, we host the famed “Jazz’n the Vines” concert series, featuring the best in local music set among the vines. Planting began at Pontchartrain Vineyards’ 34.5 acre vineyard site north of Covington, in the fall of 1991. The location is approximately 140 miles north of the Gulf of Mexico and 20 miles north of Lake Pontchartrain in the first hills arising off the flat coastal plain of south Louisiana. The vineyard is approximately 150’ above sea level and has well drained, sandy loam soils from the Savannah and Ruston series of the soils of the upland terraces. Pontchartrain Vineyards, which is a registered trade name of Distinctive Wines of Louisiana, Inc., was formed in 1992.