Wine In the Woods

First of all... GENIUS event! Whoever thought to have an entire park full of about 30 wineries offering wine tastings and food vendors along with live music is simply genius. It is a great idea.

This event was a lot of fun. We went with our small group and some of their friends. We all brought blankets, chairs and food to share. It was a great time to talk and a great time tasting wine. I want to highlight some of my favorites. The best part? All of the wineries are in Maryland! That means local!


Boordy
First of my favorites, which one of our friends said we HAD to try. Boy was she right. This literally tastes like juice. Dangerous but would be so good on a hot summer day.

 

Here's the description from the website:

The pure juices of strawberries and raspberries harmonize to produce a wine with racy fruit flavors and a sweet/tart finish.

Other notables from Boordy Vineyards: Tango Peach and White Sangria










Legends Vineyards
Our next favorite was Legends Vineyards. We tried almost their whole list and pretty much liked everything we tried. I'll name our 4 favorites.

1. Vidal Blanc
2. Sunset Blush
3. Midnight Red
4. Peach          

The peach wine was SO good and it was one of my favorites. It was a tad too sweet for the hubs. We almost bought a bottle but, we refrained and there were only two bottles of it left, so I'm pretty sure that by the time we would have decided to buy or not buy, it would have been gone. Hopefully we can find this at our favorite wine store though.








Detour Winery

Next up is Detour Winery. These wines were some of the hubs favorites I think.
1. Bonfire
2. Meadow Breeze


Meadow Breeze won my vote from here. I could see myself sipping on this in the evening. Bonfire had some cinnamon in it. It seemed like it would be best for the fall or winter.




Harford Vineyard and Winery

There was one wine from here that we liked. It was the 2010 Merlot. This had flavors of plum and black cherries. I liked it and would probably drink this in the fall and winter. I am not a big red wine person and the hubs liked this more, but I enjoyed and could appreciate the flavors here.












Big Cork

I really liked their Traminette. The description says" Semi-dry wine from the Taminette grape, a relative of the famous German grape Gewurztraminer. Enjoy the bright aromatics and spicy, fruity flavors suggestive of pineapple and melon."






Another fun part of this event was that you were able to buy bottles of wine and sit and sip while talking with friends, having a picnic, and listening to music. Some of the friends we were with bought a bottle of Solomons Island Winery's Watermelon White Merlot. This was delicious. This wine was fruity and tasted just like watermelon. This wine also only has about half the regular alcohol content of regular wine (6.5%) which means that you can drink more?


Overall, I would go back to this event and hopefully try all of the 30 wineries that are there. Hopefully next year we have better weather and are able to stay longer. Anyone want to join next year?