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Poll: Maryland Wine Festival, Are You a Devoted Fan?
Are you a die-hard Maryland Wine Festival goer? This weekend is shaping up to be perfect weather for the annual event.
The 28th annual Maryland Wine Festival took over the Carroll County Farm Museum Saturday and Sunday with thousands flocking through the gates to try Maryland's wines.
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The Maryland Wine Festival will bring dozens of wineries and tens of thousands of people from across the country to Westminster this weekend, will you partake in the festivities?
The event highlights Maryland wines and offers food vendors, craft vendors, live entertainment, wine education seminars and an amateur wine competition.
Are you a faithful Wine Festival attendee or will you be attending for the first time this year? Weigh in on our poll or tell us in comments.
The weather is forecast to be sunny with temperatures in the high 70s. Local wineries attending include Cygnus Wine Cellars of Manchester, Detour Winery of Detour, Galloping Goose Vineyard of Manchester, Old Westminster Winery of Westminster and Serpent Ridge Vineyard in Westminster. A tentative list of participating wineries is listed below.
The 29th Maryland Wine Festival will take place Sept. 15-16 at the Farm Museum in Westminster. The event will be open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and from noon to 6 p.m. Sunday.
Adult admission is $27 in advance and $30 at the gate, designated driver admission is $20, children aged 13-20 are $20 and children under 12 are free.
Participating Wineries
- Basignani Winery
- Boordy Vineyards
- Bordeleau Vineyards & Winery
- Cassinelli Vineyards
- Cove Point Winery
- Cygnus Wine Cellars
- Detour Winery
- Deep Creek Cellars
- DeJon Vineyards
- Dove Valley Winery
- Elk Run Vineyards
- Far Eastern Shore Winery
- Fiore Winery
- Frederick Cellars
- Fridays Creek Winery
- Galloping Goose Vineyard
- Harford Vineyard
- Great Shoals Winery
- Knob Hall Winery
- Layton’s Chance Vineyard
- Legends Vineyard
- Linganore Winecellars
- Little Ashby Vineyard
- Orchid Cellar
- Old Westminster Winery
- Penn Oaks Winery
- Perigeaux Winery
- Port of Leonardtown
- Running Hare Vineyard
- Serpent Ridge Vineyard
- Slack Vineyards
- St. Michaels Winery
- Solomons Island Winery
- Sugarloaf Mountain Vineyard
- Terrapin Station Winery
- Thanksgiving Farm
- Woodhall Wine Cellars
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Patty B
5:21 pm on Wednesday, September 12, 2012
Best event in Carroll County! Bigger and better this year with more wineries, more food vendors, more shopping and awesome music all scheduled with the kindness of Mother Nature!
Robbindavli
7:35 am on Thursday, September 13, 2012
This is an AWESOME event. Much better then Wine in the Woods. Thanks Carroll County forhosting
this GREAT event. I go every year with a bunch of friends. We have a fantastic time !
Wayne Higgins
9:00 am on Thursday, September 13, 2012
My wife and her friends attend this event every year. I am not a wine drinker and would like to see a beer stand included for those of us that do not drink wine. I'm sure their are others like me.