Baltimore Sun reported today on a great program that the Governor’s office puts on to support made-in-Maryland wine.
The Governor’s Advisory Commission on Maryland Wine and Grape is offering $147,000 in grants this year to be used for the variety of projects to put more made-in-Maryland wine in the glasses of consumers.
The cash can apply to a wide variety of things including marketing, seminars, or actual grape growing. Maybe I’ll apply for some so I can give my Maryland winery map a facelift.
Looking at the list of specific grant projects, there are some fun ones in there for sure. $30,000 to put on a new Maryland wine festival, just in case you didn’t get your fill of off-dry whites at Wine in the Woods. $28,000 is available to “continue the ‘Ask for Maryland Wine’ program.” I wonder if that has always been in there or if they’re cutting it loose to private industry this year for some reason.
Press release here and finally the PDF of specific grant projects.
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