Downtown Winery Staying Open
Frederick Cellars, Frederick’s downtown winery is staying open after making their case to the zoning appeals board to be able to remain a winery. From the FNP:
Frederick’s Zoning Appeals Board approved Frederick Cellars as a winery Tuesday night.
Although the 221 N. East St. winery opened in 2006, the city created new winery definitions in June, requiring the downtown business to make its case for a permit.
Frederick Cellars can offer entertainment. The business must keep its doors closed when playing music and cannot use speakers outside.
Co-owner Charlie Daneri said one neighbor had complained about loud music. However, no opposition spoke against the winery during public testimony Tuesday.
I keep meaning to go to this winery. I’ve had a couple of their wines at Alive @ Five and thought they were pretty good. Good enough to want to try some of their other wines. This coming weekend, July 26th and 27th may be the perfect excuse to go there as the winery is participating in the Buy Local Challenge.
Frederick County and the State of Maryland are sponsoring the Buy Local Challenge from July 20th through July 27th. During this week, we’re all encouraged to support our farmers by seeking out and purchasing locally-grown products. Here at the winery we’re doing our part by featuring cheeses, fruits, vinegar, flowers and of course Frederick Cellars wine, all from Frederick County growers.
I hope lots of FrederickMarylandOnliners will turn out to support the winery and the Buy Local Challenge. Let’s all be thankful that there are still some left farms in Frederick and Carroll counties!
A minor annoyance — I notice that the following error occurs nine times out of ten on this otherwise wonderful Web site. The plural of the third-person singular neuter pronoun “it” is “its”…it is NOT “it’s”. “It’s” is a contraction for “it is”…an abomination in its own right.
BabyDoe, thanks. I changed it to “their”. I get annoyed at the misuse of words too, particularly when I do it!
Who is dyslexic? Could it be moi?
I meant to say:
Let’s all be thankful that there are still some farms left in Frederick and Carroll counties!
I was NOT making a comment on the political leanings of the farms! (Which I highly doubt are leaning left at any rate).
I always say one should not try to edit one’s own writing!
I recently had Frederick Cellar’s chardonnay and it was very lovely. I hope to get out there for some of their events. A good way to hit two birds with one stone is to go to the farmers’ market at Shab Row then stop by the Cellars for wine. Have a local meal!
Grammar- “their” can only be used if the word refers to more than one person. “It” “he” and “she” are singluar. “Their” is plural, many. I hadn’t noticed the its and it’s. It’s hard to remember which one to use! I try to say outloud to myself, “It is” in order to keep track. Phew!
Sarah: You are technically right about Liz’s use of “their” instead of “its”. However, Liz wasn’t totally wrong if you consider that “winery” could be construed as a collective noun representing all the people who work there. That’s really a stretch, however, and I would have used “its” instead of “their”.
The easy way to remember “its” is that one does not put an apostrophe in his or hers — one does not write “hi’s” or “her’s”.
By the by….I have heard that public schools in Maryland no longer teach grammar? Could this be true? I have never heard such incredibly gross grammar by adults in any other part of the country — these are adults who supposedly have at least a high school education. I am so sick of hearing “I seen”, and “he don’t”, and “between you and I”.
Is grammar no longer being taught? Or are people simply not paying attention?