Woodhall Vineyards and Wine Cellars

Woodhall produces a full range of table wines, including dry, sweet, and dessert styles. The wines are segmented into three groups, each delivering good value: Inexpensive everyday wines; mid-priced premium; and rich, complex super varietals. All Woodhall wines carry recommendations for use with food, generally through the use of a back label. (No other Maryland wine uses a back label.)

Three Woodhall wines, Seyval, Riesling, and Copernica Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon have been selected as Best-of-Show wines at the Maryland Governor's Cup Wine Judging. Woodhall Riesling was selected by the Goddard Space Center as one of three "40th Anniversary" wines. Maryland Public Television selected Woodhall's Cabernet Sauvignon as its "30th Anniversary" wine. And Woodhall Seyval was the "Aquarium White" of the National Aquarium in Baltimore. Woodhall wines are fermented in small lots, keeping the fruit from each vineyard separate, so that Woodhall's blending program can take maximum advantage of "terroir" (the effects of climate and soils on fruit, hence wine, quality). The wines are aged in barrel and bottle until ready for consumption - they are never released prematurely. All Woodhall wines but two are blends of grapes from different sources or of different varieties depending on which gives the best aroma, flavor, and taste characteristics. The two exceptions so far, are a single vineyard Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon from Copernica Vineyard in Northern Maryland and the Gunpowder Falls Estate-Bottled Chardonnay.