61 Vineyard is a new on-farm winery in Montgomery County’ s Agricultural Reserve. Our first vintage was 2020, and our tasting room doors opened in October 2021. We offer dry wines grown and produced on our farm, including Carbernet Franc, Merlot, Petit Verdot, Cabernet Savignon, Chardonnay, Albarino and Chardonel. Enjoy our wine tastings and flights, by the glass or bottle. Some snack items are available, including charcuterie.
Hours: Thursday 2-8, Friday 2-9, Saturday 12-9, Sunday 12-6
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www. 61vineyard. com • 28712 Kemptown Road • Damascus, MD 20872
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professional. And later prepped him for farming with all its risks.
Embracing that risk, fused with his culinary chops, married with three kids and looking to move to the country, Mikey fortuitously meets Wayne Cullen, owner of Cherry Glen Goat Cheese Company. For the next several years, Mikey, intrigued with the goat business and food possibilities, began a tug-of-war with Wayne. The Cherry Glen property was up for sale but, for Mikey, the price was too high. Wayne didn’ t budge even after several years of Mikey’ s attempts to buy. Maybe that was for the better.
Testing his interest in the business, Mikey learned about goat raising and cheese producing, volunteering his time like a casual but hardworking apprentice at Wayne’ s farm. Eventually that experience would underpin his move to buy the Poolesville dairy farm from the Weitzer family and establish Bluffing Goat Farm.“ When I bought this place we retrofitted everything for goats. And Wayne has been really helpful. He sold me a lot of his equipment because he’ s not operating anymore.”
Wayne had a total turnkey goat cheese operation was intriguing to Mikey.“ It was almost like he operated two separate businesses, raising goats and milking them and then making cheese and selling the cheese,” remembers Mikey.“ So I bought some goats from Wayne for my backyard, bred them and began experimenting. We got some milk and I was doing test batches of cheese there at my house.” At the same time Mikey noticed that the local supply could not keep up with the demand, which intrigued him
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