Nightingale Farm is an orchard and vineyard which grows grapes, apples, pears, peaches, quince, apricots, gooseberries, and currants, and is the home of Quartz Rock Vineyard & Cider House.
Our focus is on high-quality fruit which is hand-harvested with care and respect for the fruit, the land, and our people.
Nightingale Farm provides the highest quality Hudson Valley fruit to markets, CSAs, and farm stands across the Hudson Valley including Ulster, Orange, Westchester, Rockland, and Fairfield County.
We donate fruit throughout the seasons to AHT Mission Food Pantry in Highland and the Community Center of Northern Westchester in Katonah.
Call Dan for pickup or delivery options (845) 393-1103
We sell our grapes to other wineries and to home winemakers.
We grow over ten acres of grapes here on Nightingale Farm - vinifera, labrusca, and hybrids - and though we keep most of them to make our own Quartz Rock wines, we do partner with a few select winemakers.
Contact Dan early in the year to talk about reserving some of our grapes.
(845) 393-1103
2024 Harvest
New Plantings - April 2024
Cider apple trees being planted on Nightingale Farm for Bedrock Cider
Kevin and Phil drilling holes for Porter’s Perfection bittersharp apple trees
Farm Foreman Kevin drilling holes for the cider apple trees to be planted
Farm Foreman Kevin planting Porter's Perfection cider apple trees
February 2024 on the Farm
Nightingale Farm team trimming apple trees on February 7th
Peach tree in February
Apricot!
Winter Pruning 1/9/24 - DeChaunac Vines
2023 Harvest
Part of our Cayuga harvest 9/7/23
Redfield Cider Apples 9/7/23
Assistant Winemaker Megan is always completely hands-on. Watch this video of her pressing the 2022 Marquette solo
Seyval Blanc was harvested the morning of August 25th, 2022. It was a much smaller harvest than prior years, but the grapes are beautiful.
Vineyard views 5/10/22
Cabernet Franc Sunrise Block 04/20/22
Our first peach blossoms of the year!
Owner Dan mowing the vineyard
We provide fresh fruit year-round to AHT Mission Center Food Pantries (Highland), and during harvest season to the Community Center of Northern Westchester (Katonah), with a commitment to donating thousands of pounds of fruit each year.
Beginning in 2021 we matched 200% of our CSA share purchases with fresh fruit donations to the pantry; we did the same in 2022, 2023, and 2024, and we plan to continue every year forward.
Photos: Farm Foreman Kevin Lockhart
