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…
Hello everyone! I hope you are having a wonderful day today – enjoying the sights and sweet fragrance of spring! If you are coming up to the winery this weekend, you will notice some work being done on the front field that borders the lane. We are having new grapevines planted! We’ve included a picture below of the contraption (and the three guys) that actually do the planting. If you remember from a previous blog, the grapes in the front vineyard were taken out and the ground was being prepared for the new vines. Eric (our vineyard manager) had to…
Happy Mother’s Day! Happy Mother’s Day to all those moms out there! Today we celebrate our own mom – the co-founder of the winery, Lucille Aellen. A far cry from her Brooklyn, NY roots, when, by Divine Providence, she landed here, with my dad, on a farm in the middle of nowhere (seems a little Green Acre-ish, don’t you think!)…and then to help my dad start a winery and run a farm and still try to be in charge of us kids – yikes! Who signed her up for that job! Well, anyway, she must have done something right! Happy Mother’s…
Happy Day to everyone! So today we are taking a walk into history. I’d like to tell you a little bit about our family. Specifically, our dad’s side of the family. All of our grandparents are from Europe, and so there is a rich history – including wine and, yes, it goes without saying – food too. In the tasting room, there is a “Coat of Arms” hanging in the hallway that goes from the steps to the Abisso Hall into the Tasting room. This is the “Aellen Family Crest”. Yes – our last name is Aellen – and for…
