Old Westminster Winery Featured in Unicorn Auctions’ Maryland Wine Region Spotlight
We’re honored to share that Old Westminster Winery was recently featured by Unicorn Auctions in a new article exploring why Maryland is becoming one of the most exciting emerging wine regions in the country.
The piece, “Why Maryland is an Upcoming Wine Region to Watch,” looks at the diversity, energy, and momentum behind Maryland wine, from its varied geography and soils to the growers and winemakers helping define what this place can become. We’re proud to be included among a group of Maryland wineries pushing the conversation forward.
For us, Maryland wine has always been about place. Old Westminster began when three siblings planted 7,600 vines on our family farm in Westminster, Maryland. What started as an unused juniper nursery has grown into a winery rooted in farming, hospitality, and the belief that this region has something meaningful to say.
Today, our work stretches across two connected farm projects: Old Westminster Winery in Carroll County and Burnt Hill Farm in Montgomery County. Together, they allow us to explore Maryland wine from multiple angles.
At Old Westminster, we work with fruit from vineyards across the state, leaning into single-vineyard expressions that show the nuance of different Maryland sites, soils, elevations, and growing conditions. These wines tell a broader story of the Maryland wine region and the farmers helping shape it.
At Burnt Hill Farm, every wine is grown entirely from the estate vineyard. The farm is a living system of vines, animals, soil, food, and hospitality, with wines that reflect one specific hill in the Montgomery County Agricultural Reserve.
That balance is central to our work. One project gives us the opportunity to tell the wider story of Maryland wine. The other asks us to listen closely to a single place.
As Drew shared in the Unicorn Auctions feature, “By sourcing from a number of other vineyards, we get to tell the story of so many unique sites. We let those conditions and varieties determine the style, rather than imprint some predetermined plan onto them.”
That philosophy continues to guide us. Maryland is not trying to be California, Burgundy, or anywhere else. Its strength is its own identity: humid summers, long growing seasons, layered soils, unexpected varieties, resilient growers, and wines that feel alive with the conditions that shaped them.
We’re grateful to Unicorn Auctions for shining a light on Maryland wine and for including Old Westminster in the conversation. It’s encouraging to see more collectors, sommeliers, wine lovers, and curious drinkers paying attention to what’s happening here.
There is still so much to discover in Maryland wine. For us, that’s the exciting part. This region is still being written, vintage by vintage, vineyard by vineyard, and we’re proud to be part of the story.
Read the full Unicorn Auctions feature on Maryland wine here: https://www.unicornauctions.com/unicorn-review/maryland-wine-region