Make a day of it! If you are anything like us, winter cabin fever starts to get pretty old, pretty fast. While a trip somewhere warm and tropical would be ideal, if you need some faster gratification (ie. getting out of the house), why not plan a day trip to our home in Mount Airy? Throughout the month of February, we will be featuring our Cask to Kisses pairing with wine and chocolate. We’ll have sweet, dry and blended lists and multiple complimentary chocolates and chocolate-related products. There might even be a chocolate cherry cordial cheese spread involved. If you…
Are you the one that doesn’t like being cold? Do you cringe at the thought of freezing temps? Well it might not be the most pleasant temperature for people it is great for wine! As wine ages many things happen chemically to the wine. Not the least of which is the reduction of Tartaric acid levels due to its combination with free Potassium to produce an crystal which eventually drops out. You may have seen these on the corks or in the bottles from time to time. To hasten their production which results in a smoother wine we drop the…
Hello everyone! Pinky here, writing about all the happenings at our place! We have been very busy here with all of the grapes being harvested. Eric tells us that so far we have harvested well over 180 tons of grapes. To give you an idea of how much that actually is, an average bag of grapes in the grocery store is about two or three pounds. Multiply that by 180,000 (a ton is 2,000 pounds) and I think you would agree that it is a lot of grapes. You get really sick of eating them while you are picking them…
The grape harvest begins August 25, 2015 Harvest has begun at Linganore Winecellars in Mount Airy, Maryland. Each year, vineyard manager, Eric Aellen and his team tend to the ever growing crop of Linganore grapes. After planting 2 new vineyards earlier this year, the vineyards at Linganore continue to grow. He’s picking Cayuga grapes this week and has harvested 70 tons that will go into White Raven and Skipjack. The next grape to be harvested is Vignoles, some of which will be used to create the first methode traditionelle sparkling wine for Linganore. The 2015 growing season began began quite…
Hello and Happy June to everyone! Thank you to everyone who enjoyed the Caribbean festival! Now we are gearing up for our Vine Rewind Festival – with music from the 70’s, 80’s and 90’s – we hope you can make it! Our festival lands on Father’s Day this year, and we are offering half price admission to all fathers on Sunday. New to the festival this year is our Red Shedman brewery – it will also be open for tours and tastings. Your dad may enjoy our many new brew releases – Summer Belgian, a light summer ale, and Suicide…
