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Top 9 Annual Maryland Fall Wine Festivals

Calling all connoisseurs of fine wine, fabulous food and smoking hot entertainment. Here is a list of the Top 9 Annual Maryland Fall Wine Festivals that you will not want to miss.

Mount Washington Village Wine, Art and Jazz Festival

The annual “Mount Washington Village Wine, Art and Jazz Festival” is held in late September and features gourmet cheeses, specialty breads, wines, micro-brews, live jazz music, arts and crafts.

Mount Washington Village Wine, Art and Jazz Festival
Sulgarve Avenue and Mulberry Street
Mt. Washington, MD 21209
800-561-9099

The Maryland Wine Festival

The annual “Maryland Wine Festival” is held in late September and offers visitors live entertainment, crafts, food, museum tours, wine seminars and wine tasting.

The Maryland Wine Festival
Carroll County Farm Museum
400 South Center Street
Westminster, MD 21157
800-654-4645

Winefest on the Beach

The annual “Winefest on the Beach” is held in early October. It features Chesapeake Bay Style culinary creations, live music, micro-brews, arts and crafts as well as wines from all across the mid-Atlantic.

Admission to this event usually includes a commemorative wine glass, sampling coupons and endless soda for the designated drivers in the crowd.

Winefest on the Beach
Inlet Parking
2 Market Space
Ocean City, MD 21842
410-280-3306

Riverside Winefest at Sotterley

Hosted by the fine folks at “Sotterley Plantation”, the annual “Riverside Winefest” is held in early October. Highlights of the event include wine tasting, innovative children’s programs, live entertainment, Maryland cuisine, historic exhibits, demonstrations and fine arts.

Even if you are not in the mood for wine this festival is worth a visit for scenery and historic value alone. Built in 1703 by Londoner James Bowles, “Sotterley Plantation” is the last remaining Tidewater plantations in the state that is open for public viewing.

Riverside Winefest at Sotterley
Sotterley Plantation
P.O. Box 67
Hollywood, MD 20636
800-681-0850

Autumn Wine Festival

Each year “Boordy Vineyards” hosts an “Autumn Wine Festival” each weekend throughout the month of October. The events include good old fashioned wagon rides, live music, tours of the vineyard, arts and crafts as well as wine tasting.

Autumn Wine Festival
Boordy Vineyards
12820 Long Green Pike
Hydes, MD 21082
410-592-5015

Vintage Jazz Wine Festival

What goes better with wine than a palatial plantation and vintage jazz? This gem of an annual festival features over 19 of Maryland’s finest wines and several hot jazz bands all amongst a picturesque plantation setting. Need I say more?

Vintage Jazz Wine Festival
Berrywine Plantations and Linganore Winecellars
13601 Glissans Mill Road
Mt. Airy, MD 21771
401-795-6432

The New Vintage – 2010 Nouveau

Every year throughout November “Berrywine Plantations” in conjunction with “Linganore Winecellars” celebrates the premier of its newest vintage in style with wine tastings and plantation tours.

Open 361 days a year, “Linganore Winecellars” is owned and operated by the Aellen family would combines their German, Swiss and Italian heritages to make some of the best wine in Mt. Airy.

The New Vintage – 2010 Nouveau
Berrywine Plantations and Linganore Wine Cellars
13601 Glissans Mill Road
Mt. Airy, MD 21771
410-795-6432

Soups in the Cellar

Soups served in “Boordy Vineyards'” cellar, toasted marshmallows and lip-smacking sips of seasonal wines are what visitors to this annual early November event will find.

“Boordy Vineyards” is situated on 230 acres of fertile farmland and has the distinguished distinction of being Maryland’s oldest family run winery.