The Patuxent Wine Trail in coordination with the Maryland Wineries Association, Calvert County Department of Economic Development and St.Mary’s County Division Tourism–is proud to announce their first wine trail event: The Patuxent Wine Trail Goes Local. Wineries along the Patuxent Wine Trail will host a local product vendor from 12 – 4 p.m. on Saturday, October 23 and Sunday, October 24 at each of the wineries.
The list of local products and vendors is as follows:
Cove Point Winery will host: David Wardrup—The Happy Turner, fashioning antique pepper mills, cheese platters, nutcrackers and wine bottle stoppers
Fridays Creek Winery will host:
Heavenly Chicken Catering, menu to include local produce items.
Local entertainer Joe Norris
Tons of pumpkins, sweet potatoes, turnips Local artists Local beef
Perigeaux Winery will host: Ch’Naca Fiberworks, Bag-O-Beads, Wild Willow Soaps
Port of Leonardtown Winery will host:
Saturday: Cafe des Artistes
Sunday: Thompson’s Corner Café
Running Hare Vineyard will host:
Saturday: Heavenly Chicken & Ribs / Rustic River Restaurant
Pax River Alpacas – Live Alpacas and yarn
Live acoustical guitar by Darrell Noyes
Sunday: Heavenly chicken & Ribs / Rustic River Restaurant Live acoustical guitar by Gerry Swarbrick
Slack Winery will host: Ruddy Duck Brewery, Blue Wind Gourmet, Just in Time Antiques.
Solomons Island Winery: Art from Joan Humphreys
While there is no charge for this event, wineries may charge for tastings according to their normal tasting fees. Some wineries (indicated in product description) are offering special tastings of reserve wines or barrel tastings.
There are five wine trails in Maryland.
There are currently 42 licensed wineries in Maryland. These wineries sold about 1.4 million bottles of wine in 2009, and annual sales in fiscal ’09 are estimated at over $15 million. For more information about the Patuxent Wine Trail, visit www.patuxentwinetrail.com or find us on Facebook. For industry information, please visit www.marylandwine.com or email regina@marylandwine.com.