Layton's Chance Vineyard - Grape Blossom Festival

  Grape Blossom Festival on the Eastern Shore of Maryland

 

Layton's Chance Vineyard and Winery

Grape Blossom Festival June 15, 2013

Layton's Chance Vineyard and Winery hosts the third annual Grape Blossom Festival on Saturday, June 15, 12-5pm on the Eastern Shore of Maryland. Sample wines from Eastern Shore wineries. Enjoy entertainment all day, plus tours of the winery and vineyard, craft vendors, souvenir glass, and more. Advance tickets cost $20; $25 at the door. Designated driver tickets cost $10. $5 from each ticket sold will be donated to Women Supporting Women, the women's cancer support program.

Layton's Chance is located at 4225 New Bridge Road in Vienna, Maryland.

To buy tickets in advance go to laytonschance.com.

Event Website: http://www.laytonschance.com

Grape Blossom Festival Jun 15th 12:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Grape Blossom Festival information sourced from

http://www.tourdorchester.org/event.php?eventid=1098

WineFest at St Michaels - Maryland Events

"WINEFEST AT ST. MICHAELS 2013"- APRIL 27 AND 28

Enjoy spring events on the Eastern Shore of Maryland.

St. Michaels, Maryland on the Eastern Shore....
The fourth annual charity event, WineFest at St Michaels, will be held in the town of St. Michaels, Maryland, April 27 and 28, 2013. This popular festival is a streetscape through town with many businesses offering wine tastings, great food, retail specials, and much more. Experience hundreds of highly rated US, International and select Maryland wines as well as regional food specialties, artisans, and jazz music. For those who love beer, award winning craft beers will be offered at St. Michael’s own Eastern Shore Brewing. Art lovers will enjoy art displays from artists of the St Michaels Art League. The artists create posters that are judged and offered for sale on the grounds of St. Luke’s Church. To celebrate the War of 1812 WineFest will include an “historic” dimension with “colonists” from the Historical Society of Easton strolling through town in period dress. They will no doubt bring the history of St Michaels to life. Another new mini-event is our “JazzFest Teezer,” three jazz sets by top regional jazz artists at the Town Dock Restaurant on Sunday afternoon. After much wine tasting, relax on the St. Michaels harbor to listen to great music. Visit our website frequently to watch all of our events unfold: www.winefestatstmichaels.com

All wine venues will retail wine at special WineFest pricing both Saturday and Sunday. All attendees will be able to “walk St. Michaels” using their WineFest map as their guide or take shuttle busses provided by WineFest. All wine tasting venues will be open Saturday, April 27, 2013, and April 28, 2013 from 12 pm to 6 pm. Tickets are available for purchase at www.localwineevents.com .

Web Site URL

www.stmichaelswinefest.com

 

 

 

Winefest at St Michaels, MD event information sourced from

http://www.tourtalbot.org/showevent.asp?eid=7143

Virginia Wine - State ranks 6th in production nationwide...

Virginia Wine Makers Come on Strong

State ranks 6th in production nationwide

VOA - Jeff Swicord | Purcellville, Virginia June 09, 2011

Photo: VOA

Master winemaker Sebastien Marquet checks the vines at the Doukenie winery in Purcellville, Virginia.

Wine is produced in all 50 U.S. states, with California, Oregon and Washington leading the way. However, with its abundance of rich farm land and plenty of sunshine and rain in the summer months, wine connoisseurs are keeping on eye on the East Coast state of Virginia.

That's where master wine maker Sebastien Marquet is plying his trade. The Frenchman’s job at the Doukenie winery in Purcellville, Virginia - the heart of wine country - is the culmination of a childhood dream.

Winery Pairing Dinners, Robert Morris Inn - Eastern Shore MD

 

Robert Morris Inn - Eastern Shore of Maryland
Call 410-226-5111

Cakebread Winery Pairing Dinner Menu

Saturday 26th March, 2011

The Cakebread family, owners of Cakebread Cellars in Rutherford, is among the most creative and successful winery families in California's famed Napa Valley. Since its founding in 1973, the winery has developed a reputation for producing world-class wines. Its success is built on quality, consistency and continuity, characteristics which apply equally to the grapes, the wines, the people and the operation of the winery. The Wines will be presented by Bruce Cakebread himself with special food pairings by celebrity Chef, Mark Salter.

Crab Spring Roll with Pink Grapefruit Avocado
toasted Almonds

Sauvignon Blanc, Napa Valley 2009
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Chilean Seabass with Black Truffle Gnocchi
English Spring Peas and Porcini Mushroom Cream

 Chardonnay Reserve, Carneros Napa Valley 2006
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Salad of spiced Maple Leaf Duck with grilled Gala Apple
Fig Chutney and Gorgonzola Blue Cheese

Merlot, Napa Valley 2006
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Medallions of Spring Lamb on Pancetta and Black Olive Mash
with caramelized Fennel, dried Apricots and roasted Garlic Sauce

Dancing Bear Ranch Cabernet Sauvignon 2006
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Dark Chocolate and Caramel Tart with Black Pepper Chantilly

Benchland Select Cabernet Sauvignon, Napa Valley 2006
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Coffee

$175 per person excluding tax and gratuity

http://robertmorrisinn.com/dining/cakebread-pairing-dinner.aspx

Lake of Menteith Pairing Dinner

Friday 15th April, 2011

Guest chef Graham Campbell was Scotland's youngest Chef to be awarded a Michelin Star. Now Executive Chef at our sister property in Scotland, Graham has built up a strong home following. Working with Mark and his brigade you will enjoy a meal that reflects his cooking style which is rooted in traditional British with a contemporary Michelin twist. Appropriately with old world wines to match.

"Cullen Skink"
Smoked Haddock and Potato Velouté

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Marinated Ballontine of Foie Gras
Apple puree & toasted Brioche

Wine tbc

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Lobster with Potato Gnocchi
Sautéed Mushrooms & Shellfish Bisque foam

Wine tbc

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Duo of Lamb
Herb Crusted Lamb & Sweetbreads
Aubergine Puree & Balsamic Jus

Wine tbc

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Cantaloupe Melon Soup
Watermelon, Roasted Strawberries & Strawberry Sorbet

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Whisky Tart
Dark Chocolate & Glengoyne 21 yr Whisky
Chocolate Sauce & Drambuie Ice Cream

Wine tbc~

Coffee

$110 per person excluding tax and gratuity

http://robertmorrisinn.com/dining/lake-of-menteith-pairing-dinner.aspx

Sandaway Waterfront Lodging has accommodations just 1/2 block from the Robert Morris Inn

Wine Pairing Dinners on the Eastern Shore sourced from the Robert Morris Inn website.

visit http://robertmorrisinn.com/dining/tavern--dining-room.aspx for more info.

 

Virginia Wine Country - Winery Business

Business Booming in Virginia Wine Country
Susan Logue January, 2011 - VOA

Photo: VOA Photo S. Logue
Karem Baki of the Hillsborough Vinery in Purcellville, Virginia

The economic recession has been causing many Americans to cut back on their spending in recent years. But one thing Americans have NOT been spending less on is their wine. While the figures are not in yet for 2010, the Beverage Information Group estimates that U.S. wine consumption was up for the 17th year in a row. Americans are also buying more domestically-produced than imported wines, and it’s not all from California’s famed West Coast vineyards. Our reporter visited one wine-growing region that is hoping to become the Napa Valley of the East, just a short drive from Washington, D.C.


Last year, about 12,000 people came to Hillsborough Winery in Purcellville, Virginia - about 80 kilometers from Washington - to taste its wines. Even in a recession, business has been good, according to owner Bora Baki.


“We have a saying in Turkish - I don't know if you translate this properly - ‘When you are in sorrow you drink, when you are happy you drink.’ So even if the economy was bad, people find a way of enjoying themselves at least with a glass of wine,” said Baki.


Baki did not plan on running a winery when he came to the United States from Turkey in 1979. He was ready to retire from the import business when his son Karem persuaded him to go into wine-making 10 years ago.


“I was graduating my college, my undergraduate degree, and we were both looking for something to do,” said Karem Baki.


Karem went on to get a graduate degree in winemaking. He not only makes wine for the family business, but for other vineyards in Virginia as well.


“With the different regions in Virginia, you have almost perfect conditions," added Karem Baki. We, of course, have our own issues and complications, but as far as the potential for a grape-growing region, it is quite great.”


When Hillsborough opened in 2003, it was the 96th winery in Virginia. Today, that number has grown to 190.


Ann Heidig is president of the Virginia Wineries Association. She opened Lake Anna Winery in 1990, when Virginia had only about a dozen wineries:


“I think the quality of Virginia wines has attracted some larger investors to come in and want to start growing grapes and making wine in Virginia," noted Heidig. "Even from California we have a couple of people that have come in to start wineries here. I think they see it as an opportunity, because it is a young industry and it is growing, and also it is a viable industry, I believe, in the state for agriculture.”


Although a few Virginia wineries produce as many as 40,000 cases of wine per year, most are small. They average between 2500 and 5000 cases, 60 percent of which is sold at the winery.


Tourism drives the wine industry here, says Pandit Patil, who along with his wife Sudha, opened Narmada Winery in Amissville in November 2009.


“In five years, I want everybody to think this is a destination, and that is what we are working towards,” said Patil.


Like many wineries in Virginia, Narmada is surrounded by beautiful scenery. And it has live music on Saturdays and Sundays. It also offers something no other local winery does.


“We have a unique thing being of Indian background. Some of our wines can be paired very nicely with the Indian foods that we serve here just as snacks,” noted Sudha Patil of the Narmada Winery.


Sudha has been making wine since 2008. She has already garnered several medals in competitions. That recognition may become increasingly important to Narmada if the Virginia wine industry continues to expand.


But Annette Boyd, director of the Virginia Wine Board Marketing Office, says the market is far from saturated.


“This can’t go on indefinitely, but for right now with the trends in consumption going up, the interest in local wines and knowing what is being produced in your own back yard is growing," said Boyd. "We have a long way to go I think before we reach that point.”
For now, Virginia winemakers like Karem Baki… and Sudha Patil will focus on making the best wines their vineyards can produce.




Business Booming in Virginia Wine Country aritcle and video came from VOA