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“By Paul Vigna pvigna@pennlive.com

One of the region’s oldest wineries still in operation is Linganore Winecellars, tucked away on one of the rolling hills on the outskirts of Mount Airy, Maryland.

It celebrated its 42nd birthday on March 25, and you’ll be hard-pressed to find 10 others on the East Coast that have deeper roots.

For those who are drawn to winery history, the place was founded by Jack Aellen, a manufacturing chemist who was born in Queens, New York, and wife Lucille, born in Brooklyn and raised in an Italian winemaking family. They left the big city and bought a 230-acre farm about an hour’s drive west northwest of Baltimore, and planted their first grapes in 1972…” Click here to continue reading the full article

“By Amanda Yeager – Reporter, Baltimore Business Journal
Mar 26, 2018, 11:52am

When Sarah O’Herron and Ed Boyce decided to start their own vineyard, they were business consultants and wine lovers — but they didn’t have any first-hand experience with the business of making wine.

Now, 16 years after buying their Mount Airy farm and a decade since bottling their first wine, O’Herron and Boyce are preparing for a major expansion that could eventually quadruple the output of their company, Black Ankle Vineyards. The couple recently purchased two new properties — totaling 380 acres — one in Montgomery County and another in Carroll County, to give the vineyard room to grow…” Click here to continue reading the full article on bizjournals.com