Boordy Vineyards
Winery · Hydes, Maryland
Maryland's oldest winery, founded in 1945 in the Long Green Valley north-east of Baltimore by Philip Wagner, an editor at the Baltimore Sun who did something more consequential than make wine. He imported and championed French-American hybrid grapes at a time when everyone insisted decent wine could not be grown in the eastern United States, and his nursery supplied growers from Virginia to New York. A great deal of what the East Coast drinks descends from a newspaperman's back garden in Baltimore County.
12820 Long Green Pike, Hydes, Maryland, 21082, United States
Generally open Wednesday or Thursday to Sunday, roughly 11 AM to 5 or 6 PM, with SHORTER WINTER HOURS and some days closed — verify before travelling. No appointment needed for an ordinary tasting; groups, private and reserve tastings must be booked. ⚠ CHECK THE EVENTS CALENDAR: on concert and festival days the site is given over to the event, the experience is entirely different and admission may be ticketed. Harvest runs late August into October. No public transport; the roads are rural and unlit.
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