Our Wines Private Label Case Club Where to Buy Events About Us Gallery
Highlights Back to About Us
  • 1980 First all Vinifera Vineyard in Maryland
  • 1987 Liberty Tavern Chardonnay rated best Chardonnay east of the Rockies in The American Wine competition published in the Wine Enthusiast Magazine.
  • 1989 Elk Run Chardonnay was selected to be the representative wine at the World White Water Rafting Championship
  • 1990/1992 First Maryland Winery to participate in two International Trade Shows with the Maryland Department of Agriculture becoming the first winery to sell Internationally in Canada and the United Kingdom
  • 1995 began planting an additional 12 acres
  • 1996 Redesign of the tasting room; landscaping to create a raised patio
  • 1997 Built a stage for outdoor entertainment
  • 1998 Designed State Highway signs
  • 1999 Received an 86 in the Wine Spectator for their Lord Baltimore Port scoring the highest award in the Southern United States
  • 1999 Produced 4 private label wines for the Hubble Space Telescope Service Mission
  • 2000 Produced a commemorative label for Earth Awareness day for Goddard Space Center
  • 2001 First winery to grow Syrah
  • 2001 Only winery to grow Pinot Noir, was named Baltimore’s Best Red
  • Three time winner of the Maryland Governor’s Cup
  • 2002 Named one of the Top 100 wineries in the East at Wineries Unlimited
  • 2002 Gold medal and Best of Class Award at the LA County Fair
  • 2002 Produced a chardonnay for the Atlantis Crew; label was taken into space
  • 2004 Began inter-planting entire vineyard increasing the number of vines per acre and reducing crop per vine increasing quality
  • 2005 Bob Cecil joins Neill Bassford in coordinating educational tastings
  • 2006 planted an additional 8 acres, Winner of over 492 Awards
  • Three time winner of the Maryland Governor’s Cup
  • 2006 named as Best Wine in Maryland in 2006 by “The Best in the East Magazine” for Gewurztraminer; only grower of Gewurztraminer in Maryland
  • 2007 won 6 National and International Gold medals and 6 Silver Medals
  • 2007 First time winner of the Wine Master Choice Award Best Wine of Maryland Award
  • 2007 Website redesign
  • Nominated as one of three for the small business entrepreneur for Frederick county