{"id":17237,"date":"2020-06-04T05:22:12","date_gmt":"2020-06-04T10:22:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/?p=17237"},"modified":"2020-06-04T05:22:13","modified_gmt":"2020-06-04T10:22:13","slug":"maryland-wineries-begin-to-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/2020\/06\/04\/maryland-wineries-begin-to-open\/","title":{"rendered":"Maryland Wineries Begin to Open"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"288\" height=\"176\" src=\"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/sugarloaf6.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17238\"\/><figcaption>Sugarloaf Mountain Vineyard, MD<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Many Maryland wineries are ready to open for business. As might be expected because of COVID-19, certain guidelines are set in place. Keep in mind that not all wineries may currently be open, so contact any Maryland winery you may want to visit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Adults in Maryland have been able to receive Maryland wine by delivery and purchase the beverage to go. Wine enthusiasts will be able to continue these options.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However those who enjoy visiting wineries, wine lovers will discover that in Maryland wineries are now able to offer new options.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/marylandwine.com\">Maryland Wineries Association<\/a> the guidelines for visitors are below. Keep in mind that anyone not feeling well should stay at home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Wine may be purchased to enjoy in specific designated outdoor areas of the winery.<\/li><li>Social distancing must be maintained at six feet between visitors, although visitors from the same household may sit together.<\/li><li>The maximum number of people seated together is six.<\/li><li>When inside a winery, use of face masks are necessary.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>To show people that the wineries and staffs are serious about protecting people from coronavirus, below is a list of steps that each winery is taking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Winery must insure that social distancing of six feet is followed.<\/li><li>Each open winery will not allow more than six people to set together<\/li><li>Sanitation of seating and surfaces will be followed.<\/li><li>Before staff begins working, each worker will have a temperature screening.<\/li><li>Face masks will be worn by each staff member while with visitors or other staff members.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Wine Trail Traveler has visited many of Maryland\u2019s wineries. Photos and reviews of the wineries and wines are available on the <a href=\"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/maryland\/maryland.php\">Wine Trail Traveler website<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Stay safe!<br>\nKathy<\/p>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\" class=\"owbutton\" src=\"http:\/\/www.onlywire.com\/button\" title=\"Maryland Wineries Begin to Open\" url=\"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/?p=17237\"><\/script>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some Maryland wineries are beginning to open with limitations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[174],"tags":[2660,98,3759],"class_list":["post-17237","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-wine-newscommentary","tag-maryland-wineries","tag-wine","tag-wineries"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17237","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17237"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17237\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17243,"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17237\/revisions\/17243"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17237"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17237"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17237"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}