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Rocklands Farm Winery

Rocklands Farm Winery is a 34-acre family-owned working farm and winery in Poolesville, MD (Montgomery County), founded 2010. Low-intervention, handcrafted wines from Maryland and Mid-Atlantic fruit; Slow Food DC affiliated.

What they do

Rocklands Farm Winery is a 34-acre family-owned [[farm|working farm]] and winery in Poolesville, Maryland, established in 2010. The winery produces low-intervention, handcrafted wines — red blends, whites, sparkling, and orange wines — using high-quality fruit grown in Maryland and the broader Mid-Atlantic. Beyond winemaking, Rocklands functions as a community gathering space: farm experiences, rotating food vendors, private events, and a wine-club membership. Affiliations include the Maryland Wine Association and [[slow-food|Slow Food]] DC.

Why it’s listed

Two substantive filters: low-intervention winemaking (a real category — native yeasts, minimal manipulation, no fining or filtration where possible — distinct from the additive-heavy industrial wine norm) and [[slow-food|Slow Food]] affiliation (peer accountability through a values-aligned international network). The combination places Rocklands in the substrate-builder tier for the Mid-Atlantic wine layer — a small operation defending what wine can be when it’s grown rather than engineered.

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  • Instance of: [[vineyard]]
  • Member of: [[farm]]
  • Contained by: [[chesapeake-tidewater]]
  • Practices: [[low-intervention-winemaking]]
  • Affiliated with: [[slow-food-dc]]
  • Founded in: [[two-thousand-ten]]
  • Grows: [[grape]]

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Related concepts: [[farm]], [[low-intervention-winemaking]], [[slow-food]].

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