Matt and I were pouring at the Premier Tent at the Maryland Wine Festival on Sunday when it hit me: they’re right. In addition to my own interview with Sarah O’Herron of Black Ankle Vineyards, several other winemakers were interviewed, quoted, and blogged about by area press leading up to this past weekend’s Festival. Some even blogged [...]
It may have slipped under your nose between school starting and the weather, but Black Ankle Vineyards Slate won the 2011 Governor’s Cup a few weeks ago. There will be a formal announcement at the Maryland Wine Festival this weekend, too. I don’t know about you, but I’ve gotten curious about these competitions. Particularly at [...]
Just in case anyone thought Maryland wines were still flying under the radar… ECoast Wines reviews Sugarloaf Mountain Vineyard’s EVOE! at the 2011 Wine Bloggers’ Conference in Charlottesville, Virginia. He was drawn to the label but stayed for the wine. Also at the conference, VA Wine Diva of Swirl, Sip, Snark enjoyed another Bordeaux-style red, [...]
Although I’ll have to work for it. I finally found information about volunteering at the Maryland Wine Festival next month, which again, I highly recommend (my tendency to say yes to volunteer gigs between the Potomac and the Mason-Dixon aside). While I’m not always a big people person, the chance to interact with people who [...]
Guest post written by my wife Elyse Well, actually, tickets to the Maryland Wine Festival have been available since July 18th, according to this Carroll County Times article from that date. It’s held every year in Westminster the third weekend of September: this year, the grounds are open 10-6 on September 17th and noon-6 on [...]
Like Wine in the Woods this spring, beautiful weather and a great lineup of wineries brought a huge crowd on Saturday (I couldn’t make Sunday – can anyone report?) for the signature Maryland Wine Association event at the Carroll County Farm Museum. I spent the early afternoon pouring wine in the premier tent where I [...]
Yours truly (Matt) will be working the MWA Premium Tent at the Maryland Wine Festival from 11:30 to 2:30. I’d love to say hello to any Vinotrip readers – you can find me there during my shift or I’ll be right outside the tent from 2:30 to 2:45 for a quick meet-up before I head [...]
With Labor Day coming up this weekend, we’re in the home stretch before the Maryland Wine Festival on September 18-19. As always, that means wineries are ramping up their volunteer recruiting. Just within the last week I’ve received half a dozen e-mail blasts from different wineries looking for assistance. I’m sure that’s only a portion [...]
Maryland Wine Festival (website) tickets are on sale now and can be purchased through the Carroll County Government website. The lines to get into the festival weren’t prohibitive last year, but it is always best to buy in advance. You can read my writeup from last year on the 2009 Maryland Wine Festival. As I’ve [...]
Two weeks after the first major Maryland wine festival of the year – Wine in the Woods – I headed out to scenic Kent Island in the Chesapeake Bay for the aptly named Chesapeake Bay Wine Festival. Since this is also a Maryland Wine Association-sponsored festival, many of the same wineries appeared on the guest [...]
