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Post by summer23 on Mar 13, 2024 13:51:08 GMT -5
Maryland Wineries Association will no longer participate in the wine festival. After 30 years. It's sad ending of the very long partnership.
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Post by cowboyz on Mar 14, 2024 10:37:17 GMT -5
Sad to hear.
Some very popular wineries have pulled out... Linganore, Boordy and Elk.
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Post by vosa on Mar 15, 2024 17:26:16 GMT -5
Maryland Wineries Association will no longer participate in the wine festival. After 30 years. It's sad ending of the very long partnership. Why?
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Post by Evil Yoda on Mar 15, 2024 18:28:51 GMT -5
The Association and other prominent wine makers... seems like Wine in the Woods has alienated friend it really ought to have cultivated.
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Post by vosa on Mar 15, 2024 22:34:08 GMT -5
The Association and other prominent wine makers... seems like Wine in the Woods has alienated friend it really ought to have cultivated.How?
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Post by up2 on Mar 16, 2024 7:17:49 GMT -5
I've volunteered to work this event many years. Like Vosa, I wonder why this happened.
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Post by summer23 on Mar 16, 2024 9:05:09 GMT -5
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Post by stevez51 on Mar 16, 2024 11:31:44 GMT -5
Friends of my wife have tried to get her to this event for years. I'm not sure if its like the state wine fest that became so packed we stopped going years ago.
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Post by pickle20 on Mar 18, 2024 12:51:01 GMT -5
I went once, never went back. I find the wine festivals to be crowded, expensive and not worth the time or money. That's my Yogi Berra take on wine festivals.
I'd rather just visit a winery or two in a day.
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Post by up2 on Mar 18, 2024 16:06:01 GMT -5
I went once, never went back. I find the wine festivals to be crowded, expensive and not worth the time or money. That's my Yogi Berra take on wine festivals. I'd rather just visit a winery or two in a day. I get that, but the festival even if crowded allows you to sample a fairly large number of local winery products in one location during a few day timespan. I volunteered to work many different booths over the years and always enjoyed it. A nice perquisite was not having to pay for admission, and of course getting a bunch of free wine from the booths I worked to bring home. I'm saddened to hear the news that our local wineries are pulling out.
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Post by pickle20 on Mar 19, 2024 6:26:38 GMT -5
I went once, never went back. I find the wine festivals to be crowded, expensive and not worth the time or money. That's my Yogi Berra take on wine festivals. I'd rather just visit a winery or two in a day. I get that, but the festival even if crowded allows you to sample a fairly large number of local winery products in one location during a few day timespan. I volunteered to work many different booths over the years and always enjoyed it. A nice perquisite was not having to pay for admission, and of course getting a bunch of free wine from the booths I worked to bring home. I'm saddened to hear the news that our local wineries are pulling out. The biggest problem is most MD wineries simply aren’t very good, IMO. I like to occasionally support them but for what they charge you can get two bottles of something really good from the wine store for what they charge for one bottle. But we’re wine members at Black Ankle and have been at Big Cork too. Also Old Westminster but they changed their wine making philosophy a while back and their wine suffered immensely from it.
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Post by up2 on Mar 19, 2024 7:04:59 GMT -5
I get that, but the festival even if crowded allows you to sample a fairly large number of local winery products in one location during a few day timespan. I volunteered to work many different booths over the years and always enjoyed it. A nice perquisite was not having to pay for admission, and of course getting a bunch of free wine from the booths I worked to bring home. I'm saddened to hear the news that our local wineries are pulling out. The biggest problem is most MD wineries simply aren’t very good, IMO. I like to occasionally support them but for what they charge you can get two bottles of something really good from the wine store for what they charge for one bottle. But we’re wine members at Black Ankle and have been at Big Cork too. Also Old Westminster but they changed their wine making philosophy a while back and their wine suffered immensely from it. The climate for Maryland isn't optimal for growing wine grapes, so most of the Maryland wineries aren't going to be the best of the best. The late season when the grapes are all established should be dry, almost to drought conditions lest the grapes take up too much water and the sugar content dilute too much. Our late August to September timeframe here are wetter than California, and at risk for torrential downpours and tropical storm kind of weather, so I know a few friends in with vineyards often lamenting about it. I make my own wines, carrying on a family tradition. I skip the grape mashing part which requires some space and is messy as can be. I just buy the unpasteurized chilled grape juices from California vineyards in fall and occasionally from Chile in the April/May timeframe. I then do the fermenting, filtering, aging and bottling here. One of the benefits of buying the unpasteurized juices is it allows me to make small enough batches for variety. Made some Cab, Chianti, and Chardonnay last year. If you're dealing with grapes and the wine pressing part, it's a lot of work to make several varieties both from the barrels and the cleanup. Sorry for digressing. I don't drink enough wine to be a connoisseur, but I'm still saddened that our local wineries feel the need to withdraw from Wine in the Woods. Howard County already has national branding of everything, making it more and more generic everyday. I guess I'm pining for the days of localness and uniqueness. Probably just me waxing melancholically as I get older...
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Post by pickle20 on Mar 19, 2024 7:57:16 GMT -5
Black Ankle and Big Cork make really good wine. I agree about the climate in MD but if you get the right conditions and a skilled winemaker you can make good wine here.
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