Hello from the Linganore Tasting Room! Pinky here… If you have come to visit the winery, you know what a bustling place this can be, so I thought I would get the scoop straight from our tasting room staff about what interests our customers and what they are recommending. Chaz tells us that the new 2012 Red Skins wine has been flying off the shelves. This wine was just released over the summer, after Pinky’s Rose, you know that little wine named after me 🙂 and Nectarine were added to the wine list. As for other happenings in the tasting…
Red Shedman Farm Brewery is proud to announce the grand opening of its Tap room and Brew house in Mt. Airy, MD. Founded by Vic, Anthony and Eric Aellen, the location features a cozy setting and has seating for 85. The Tap room has twelve taps, which will have an eclectic selection of Red Shedman craft beers, barrel aged and seasonal/brewer’s choice beers. Last spring, Delegate Kelly Schulz sponsored House Bill 337 that allowed farm breweries the ability to become licensed as beer wholesalers and it went into effect July 1, 2014. This new law supplements the Alcoholic Beverages Farm…
A Day in the Life of a Winemaker We began doing barrel tastings today and started blending trials of the 2013 red wines. Over the past few years we experimented with lots of new techniques from processing to fermentation to aging of the wine. We have used many different types of yeast in the past two years to see the effect in taste and complexity they will have on the finished wines. We even included some European oak in our trials this past year just to see what difference in style of aging the wines will generate. The wines have…
Linganore Winecellars Recognized for Community Support Mt Airy, MD, September 2013- Linganore Winecellars was recognized by the Frederick County Commissioners for their contributions to the economic vitality to Frederick county and for their community support. This year, Linganore has hosted events onsite to benefit The Red Cross of Frederick County, The United Way of Frederick County and the MS Society of Maryland, donating $750 to each of these organizations. As part of their commitment to the community, Linganore has been donating wine tastings, festival tickets and the use of their property to benefit non-profit organizations, including the Humane Society of Frederick…
Sustainable Winemaking 101! We are glad you came to look and learn about our continuing efforts to make our vineyards and winery as environmentally friendly as possible. We started our “green”initiatives back in the late 70’s before there was a “green” classification. Our philosophy has always been that good practices in both the vineyards and in the winery leads to a better wine with the least impact possible on the environment. That has been our position and our company’s mission for almost 4 decades now. It’s kind of nice to see that what we started so long ago is being…
