- 2009 Elk Run CAbernet Franc wins a Gold 90pts in the World Wine Competition one of 11 Gold medals and 13 silver medals (see awards)
- 2009 Elk Run is named the Best in Business in MT. Airy by the US Chamber of Comerce
- 2008 Elk Run is awarded the largest Agriculture Value added grant in the country
- Elk Run takes 10 Silver and 6 Gold Medals and the 2007 Gewurtztraminer takes a Gold Medal and Best of Class - Wine Masters Choice Award (See awards)
- 2008 Liberty Tavern Chardonnay 2006 scores 89 at World Wine Competition
- Nominated as one of three for the small business Entrepreneur of the Year for Frederick County
- 2007 Major web site redesign and enhancement
- 2007 First-time winner of Wine Master Choice Award and Best Wine of Maryland
- 2007 Won six National and International Gold Medals and six Silver Medals
- 2006 Named as Best Wine in Maryland in 2006 by "The Best in the East Magazine" for Gewurztraminer; only grower of Gewurztraminer in Maryland
- Three-time winner of the Maryland Governor's Cup
- 2006 Planted an additional 8 acres, winner of over 492 awards
- 2005 Bob Cecil joins Neill Bassford in coordinating educational tastings
- 2004 Began interplanting entire vineyard, increasing the number of vines per acre and reducing crop per vine to enhance quality
- 2002 Produced a chardonnay for the Atlantis shuttle crew; label was taken into space
- 2002 Gold Medal and Best of Class Award at the Los Angeles County Fair
- 2002 Named one of the Top 100 Wineries in the East at Wineries Unlimited
- Three-time winner of the Maryland Governor's Cup
- 2001 Only winery to grow Pinot Noir, named Baltimore's Best Red
- 2001 First winery to grow Syrah
- 2000 Produced a commemorative label for Earth Awareness Day for Goddard Space Flight Center
- 1999 Received an 86 in the Wine Spectator for our Lord Baltimore Port, scoring the highest award in the Southern United States
- 1999 Produced private-label wines for the Hubble Space Telescope Service Mission
- 1998 Designed State Highway road signs
- 1997 Built a stage for outdoor entertainment
- 1996 Redesigned the tasting room; added landscaping to create a raised patio
- 1995 Began planting an additional 12 acres
- 1990/1992 First Maryland winery to participate in two International Trade Shows with the Maryland Department of Agriculture. Became the first winery to sell Internationally in Canada and the United Kingdom
- 1989 Elk Run Chardonnay was selected to be the representative wine at the World White Water Rafting Championship
- 1987 Liberty Tavern Chardonnay rated best Chardonnay east of the Rockies in the American Wine Competition, published in the Wine Enthusiast magazine
- 1980 First all-vinifera vineyard in Maryland
