Awards

Each award & accolade that our wines receive is a testament to the dedication, hard work, & passion our winemaking team gives to every bottle of wine that comes from our cellar. Because of that, it is always such an honor to share the awards Folino Estate wines are being recognized for in Pennsylvania and across the nation.

Our most recent awards include:

2025 Pennsylvania Wine Invitational

Awarded Pennsylvania Winery of the Year

2024 Estate Pinot Noir Rosé — Gold (Best Rosé)
2024 Pinot Noir — Silver
2020 L’Amore di Lidia — Silver
2023 Cabernet Sauvignon — Silver
2023 Merlot — Bronze
2023 Lorenzo Forte — Bronze
2024 Estate Sangiovese Rosé — Bronze

Libation Magazine & Wine, Beer and Spirits Awards 2025

L’Amore di Lidia (2020) — Gold
Estate Pinot Noir Rosé (2024) — Gold
Lorenzo Forte (2023) — Gold
Pinot Noir (2024) — Gold
Estate Pinot Grigio (2023) — Gold
Cabernet Sauvignon (2023) — Silver
Merlot (2023) — Silver
Chardonnay (2020) — Silver
Estate Sangiovese Rosé (2024) — Bronze
Spritz All’Arancia — Silver

Dan Berger International Wine Competition 2025

2024 Estate Pinot Noir Rosé — Silver
2023 Barbera — Silver
2023 Lorenzo Forte — Bronze
2023 Sangiovese — Bronze
2024 Pinot Noir — Bronze

2024 AWS Wine Competition

2023 Signature Pinot Grigio — Gold (Best of Varietal)
2023 Estate Pinot Grigio — Bronze
2022 Lorenzo Forte — Bronze
2020 L’Amore di Lidia — Silver

American Wine Society Commercial Competition (2023)

2022 Traminette — Double Gold
Bianco Dolce — Gold
2022 Pinot Grigio — Double Gold
2022 Teodoro Forte — Double Gold
2021 Valentino Forte — Silver
2021 Lorenzo Forte — Silver
2021 Cabernet Franc — Silver
2022 Rosato Secco — Silver
2021 Sangiovese — Silver
2022 Estate Petit Verdot — Silver
2021 Luca Forte — Bronze
2021 Lidia di Amore — Bronze

Camp Good Days Finger Lakes International Wine & Spirits Competition (2022)

2019 Lorenzo Forte — Gold
2020 Luca Forte — Gold
2019 Sangiovese — Silver
NV Vino Rosato — Silver
2019 Valentino — Silver
2019 Cabernet Sauvignon — Silver
2021 Rosato Secco — Silver
2021 Pinot Grigio — Silver
2021 Traminette — Silver
2020 Riesling — Silver
2020 Chardonnay — Bronze

East Meets West Wine Challenge (2022)

2020 Luca Forte — Double Gold
2020 Bianco Dolce — Silver
2019 Cabernet Sauvignon — Silver
2017 Valentino — Silver
2018 Lorenzo Forte — Silver
2020 Chardonnay — Bronze

American Fine Wine Competition (2022)

2018 Lorenzo Forte — Silver
2020 Chardonnay — Silver
2020 Bianco Dolce — Silver

International Eastern Wine Competition (2021)

2018 Lorenzo Forte — Best of Class, Double Gold
2017 Valentino — Silver
2018 Cabernet Sauvignon — Silver

Finger Lakes International Wine & Spirit Competition (2021)

2020 Bianco Dolce — Gold
2018 Lorenzo Forte — Gold
2018 Barbera — Silver
2020 Moscato di Folino — Silver
2018 Cabernet Sauvignon — Bronze
2020 Bianco Cider — Bronze
2020 Pinot Grigio — Bronze
2020 Riesling — Bronze
2020 Traminette — Bronze
2017 Valentino — Bronze

2021 American Wine Society Commercial Competition

2020 Bianco Dolce — Best of Show, Double Gold (Best Hybrid)
2020 Pinot Grigio — Silver
2020 Luca Forte — Silver
2018 Lorenzo Forte — Silver
2020 Chardonnay — Bronze
2020 Traminette — Bronze
2020 Bianco Cider — Bronze
2020 Rosato Cider — Bronze

Atlantic Seaboard Wine Competition

2020 Chardonnay — Silver
2021 Vino Rosato — Silver
2021 Rosato Secco — Silver
2021 Traminette — Bronze
2020 Estate Merlot — Bronze
2021 Chambourcin — Bronze