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MD Wineries Win Big at Atlantic Seaboard Wine Competition
Once again, Maryland wines are bringing in the awards! Most recently, Maryland wineries had numerous winning entries at the Fifth Annual Atlantic Seaboard Wine Competition. The winning entries included: Black Ankle Vineyards, Elk Run Vineyards, Bordeleau Vineyards, Sugarloaf Mountain Vineyard, Basignani Winery, and Heimbuch Estate Vineyards. All together, Maryland wineries received multiple gold, silver, and bronze medals, along with a best of category award. See the results.
Maryland Wine Festival Tickets On Sale NOW!
Buy your tickets in advance and save! The festival will host a record number  of wineries and may new food and craft vendors. We will again be hosting a Premier Tent, where you can try premium Maryland wines away from the festival's hustle and bustle. Read all about it online.
Tin Lizzie Wineworks Offers Turn-Key Winemaking
Located in Howard County, Tin Lizzie Wineworks isn’t a vineyard, nor is it a winery, per se—it is a wine making school. According to the presiding Tin Lizzie professor, Dave Zuchero, he has been making wine “from daddy’s knee.”
Zuchero gained a degree in Microbiology from Indiana University of Pennsylvania, and went on to be a student in the first graduating winemaking class from UC Davis. Read more online.
ShoreVines Encourages Vineyard Plantings
A combination of “family farms” looking to diversify and a significant group of new “entrepreneur” growers has fueled a "pioneer" movement in the planting of vineyards on the Upper Eastern Shore of Maryland. With the current demand for grapes, good potential profitability per acre, and the “romanticized aura” of wine growing, the trend is expected to develop into economic opportunity and sustainable agri-businesses. Read more online.
Festival Volunteers Needed!
Wineries need volunteers for the upcoming
festivals to help pour wines. Volunteers typically work half
a day and gain complementary entry to the festival. Learn
more and offer your help! |
A toast to the wine trail by Delegate Richard Sossi, MWA executive director Kevin Atticks and Al Cassinelli of Cassinelli Vineyards & Winery [credit: Loblolly.biz].
Chesapeake Wine Trail– Highlighting the Wineries of MD's Eastern Shore
To the East of the beautiful Chesapeake Bay lies Maryland's Eastern Shore. Abundant with seafood, beaches, wildlife and history,  the Eastern Shore is also home to Maryland's most modern agricultural industries.
Whether you are on your way to the beach or just taking a drive to admire the beautiful Bay, the Chesapeake Wine Trail will lead you through one of the most scenic and charming parts of the state. Read more online.
Wine News
Franchot Toasts to Good News About MD Wine. While not immune to the national recession, Maryland’s wine industry is expanding.The number of wineries in the state has doubled in the past four years, and they now support 350 jobs that pay a total of nearly $11 million in annual salaries, according to Comptroller Peter Franchot.
Secret of "Healthful" Red Wine Revealed. New research published in the August 2009 print issue of The FASEB Journal, not only explains resveratrol's one-two punch on inflammation, but also shows how it—or a derivative—can be used to treat potentially deadly inflammatory disease, such as appendicitis, peritonitis, and systemic sepsis.
First Unsulfered Sparkling Wine Debuts.Drappier Champagne has released the first unsulfured bubbly - Brut Nature Zéro Dosage Sans Souffre NV, a Blanc de Noirs. Sulfur has been added to wines for centuries but Drappier believes it is not necessary if the fruit is very high-quality and certain vinification techniques are used.
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Buy Maryland Wine
We appreciate it when a store or restaurant makes the decision
to recommend local wines—and the local agriculture
it supports.
Retailer of the Month
Fox Run Liquors
Prince Frederick, Calvert Co.
Restaurant of the Month
Shocker's Bar & Grill
Edgwater, Anne Arundel Co.
See
a listing of past
honorees —and please support these stores and restaurants!
Festivals
& Events
Our wineries offer a variety of special events—from
barrel tastings to concerts, wineries host events each weekend.
See
the full
list of upcoming events.
The
Maryland Wine Festival®
[details]
September 19-20, 2009
Sat 10-6 pm, Sun 12-6 pm
Carroll County Farm Museum
Westminster, Carroll County
Riverside
Winefest at Sotterley [details]
October 3-4, 2009
12-6 pm
Historic Sotterley
Hollywood, St. Mary's County
Eastern's
Bayside Blues & Wine Fest [details]
October 10, 2009
12-6 pm
Eastern Yacht Club
Essex, Baltimore County
Autumn
Wine Festival [details]
October 17-18, 2009
Pemberton Historical Park
Salisbury, Maryland
See
all 2009 festival dates!
Volunteers Needed!
Wineries need volunteers for the upcoming festivals to help
pour wines. Volunteers typically work half a day and gain
complementary entry to the festival. Learn
more and offer your help!
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