Discover the wines of New Market Plains at the Frederick Wine Festival!

The first Frederick Wine Festival, also known as the Inaugural Frederick Wine Festival, is the first of its kind wine festival in Frederick, Maryland. The festival is scheduled for Saturday, August 6 at the Carroll Creek Linear Park. This special festival includes Maryland wines, food, live music events, and artisans.

“All of the wines being featured will carry the Maryland appellation designation, ensuring that the grapes used to make the wine were grown in Maryland.”  Twenty of Maryland’s wineries will be at the festival. Expected wineries to attend include:

Big Cork Vineyards, Boordy Vineyards
Catoctin Breeze Vineyard
Crow Farm & Vineyard
Cygnus Wine Cellars
Elk Run Vineyard & Winery
Fridays Creek Winery
Great Frogs Winery
Great Shoals Winery
Harford Vineyard & Winery
Knob Hall Winery
Layton’s Chance Vineyard & Winery
Linganore Winecellars
Loew Vineyards
New Market Plains Vineyards
Orchid Cellar Meadery & Winery
Port of Leonardtown Winery
Rocklands Farm
Turkey Point Vineyard
Willow Oaks Craft Cider

Wine Trail Traveler has visited and written about most of these Maryland wineries. To read our reviews, visit the Maryland wineries review page.

While enjoying Maryland wines produced with Maryland grown grapes, take time to amble among the various artisans who are scheduled to be at the festival. Artisans include:

Aluminaries by Rona
The Art of Drinking
Ashby’s Agates
Autumn Summer
Even Rose Love
Haleys Jewels
Jacqueline Handley Designs
Knotty by Nature
Pen & Hand
Salazon Chocolate Co.
Saucier Willy
Soleado Lavender Farm
Unwined Candles

Don’t miss the array of food items available at the festival. Food vendors include:

Crisafulli’s Cheese Shop
Monocacy Crossing
Rebel’s Kitchen
Roasthouse Pub
Say Cheese
Serenity Tearoom & Fine Dining

While the VIP tickets for the event are already sold out; general tickets are still available. Find out more about the available tickets online.

Cheers!
Kathy