Cove Point Winery

Friendly vinert working the tasting room. Wine was pretty good. Ports are EXCELLENT. Entrance/​curb appeal has a «Deliverance» feel to it. Worth the stop – especially for four free tastings.

I found these wines at a little farmers market on the University of Maryland campus. I got to sample about 5 of the wines. The sangria, the pomegranate wildberry, and the strawberry are the ones that stand out in my mind.
The pomegranate wildberry was deliciously amazing and for $ 11 I bought a bottle. The sangria was very good too. My friend for that one. I liked the vast majority. The only exception was the strawberry wine reminded me of watered down cough syrup.
I’d probably get the sangria one at some point.

Best winery in southern maryland by far. The other ones are just unprofessional compared to cover point. Wonderful place definitely recommend

One of the more reasonably priced vineyards in the area, average bottle is about $ 10.00 and a tasting of 10 wines is $ 4.00. It is not a scenic kind of place but the wines are not to bad. Don’t let the broken down cars at the top of the driveway scare you off!

This is a place that has a good variety of wine. Customer service was poor. Tight space.

Lots of wines to sample! We had 24 during the Maryland Wine Passport and still didn’t try them all.

I was extremely disappointed with my visit to this winery, the wines I tasted were all oxidized and vinegary and when I pointed this out to the girl doing the tasting, she tasted it herself and said it was alright. The Chardonnay didn’t taste like a chard at all, it was actually a bit tart almost sour, considering I was the first visitor of the day the wines should have been fresh bottles but none of the ones I tried were fresh in any sense of the word.
The young girl was a wealth of information and knew her product (they use grape juices purchased from MD and other areas) but that’s about it. They also do an array of sweet «Mist» wines that are more like wine spritzers and taste like one base wine was used with flavoring added. When I tasted their «award-​winning» Raspberry Port, again something was off with it but she was just like… «well… its good for baking brownies.» I want to drink wine, not buy baking ingredients…
*heavy sigh* I really tried to give this winery a chance especially after visiting a similar winery that was sort of the same ramshackle cheap setting… but my open mind did nothing for the lackadaisical unprofessional tasting. BTW, did I mention they like to say they are the oldest winery (making wine for more than 10 years) in Southern Maryland… then why do they look and taste like a start-​up?
Overall, just another tourist attraction, not a serious winery obviously, so don’t use this winery as a basis to judge Maryland wines.

This was a nice find and extremely unexpected in southern Maryland. They had a large variety of wines to choose from and the girl working was friendly and knowledgable. The tasting room is small but the wine scene in the area is just taking off so this was to be expected.

Small but good. They are not an estate winery yet, but get their grapes from MD, VA, and Finger Lakes growers. Their White Chocolate Port is wonderful!

Went to Cove Point as part of a loop of the area wineries. Here is our review of the winery:
Wine: There were over 30 wines to try. You could try 4 for free and then for an additional $ 4 per person, you could try up to 15 of their wines (and you kept your glass). We had difficulty choosing just 15 of the wines because they had so many that we actually wanted to taste! Overall, the wines were very good. The white wines were average, the reds were stronger, and the star of the show were the Lighthouse Mists. We purchased the Cove Point Red – a nice red blend that we could have with dinner and two of the Lighthouse Mists – which we will be definitely be drinking this summer! We picked out the Acai Raspberry Cabernet Sauvignon – probably the best «fruit» wine we’ve ever had. We also picked up the Pear Mist, which had a more unique flavor. We probably could have picked out at least 5 more to purchase from the red and Lighthouse Mists collections. The prices were also fantastic for the quality of the wine.
Service: The service was average. Nothing that stood out that was positive or negative.
Ambiance: When you pull up to do the tasting, it is located in a barn-​like building next to the owner’s house. The tasting room is small and could probably fit about 10 people – but it would be extremely tight. It did not appear to have an area that you could enjoy a class of wine inside or outside, which is disappointing because they were so good! There were vines on the property behind the house and tasting barn, so they do grown grapes on site.
Overall, a great experience. Wines are great, but we wish they had an area where we could enjoy sipping on wine while potentially listening to music and enjoying they day.

My fiancé and I recently stopped by Cove Point Winery for a tasting on a Saturday afternoon. (We’re working our way through the Maryland Wine passport.) It felt like we were driving up to someone’s garage, and there were no vineyards in sight, so they must ship their fruit in. The tasting was a great value for the money compared to other local wineries — I think it cost us $ 4pp for 15 wines we could select off their list — but the overall experience left a bit to be desired. They have many unique fruit flavored wines in their Lighthouse Mists series, but none of them wowed me. The young woman working there accurately described them as wine for non-​wine drinkers. Great if that’s your thing, but then why would you be visiting a winery? Unfortunately that was about all she could tell us. She was quite friendly but unable to answer any of our questions about the wines (and they weren’t esoteric questions either). I don’t know how new this winery is, but there’s quite an opportunity for improvement.