Perigeaux Vineyards & Winery

I’m the worst type of wine snob when it comes to «local» wine unless one lives in Montalcino Italy.
The wines are nice and dry here with less sugar unless you have their sweet wines. The Reds actually taste like better dry reds and you can tell the grape varietals easily.
Sangiovese tastes like its Italian big brothers. Great skill has gone into their wines. This is the only regional mid Atlantic winery that is any good. To a snob like me.
No extra grape juice sweetness or formaldehyde flavor. If you catch my drift.

Beautiful Vineyard on sprawling estate overlooking the river and farm country dotted with large trees and ample shade!
All the wines are made with estate-​grown (on premise) grapes that you drive past as you come down the road to the parking area. There’s a small windowed cottage that acts as a tasting room with a uncovered wrap-​around porch. The atmosphere is what one has come to expect when visiting a winery or vineyard, classy, warm, clean, and inviting with plenty of tables and chairs to relax and chat while enjoying a glass of wine.
The wines themselves are all on the dryer side, medium-​bodied to bigger reds with lots of flavor and bountiful bouquets. If you happen to taste a wine that seems a bit strange, don’t be afraid to ask your taster to verify what you are tasting is what you are suppose to be tasting… when I came most of the wines on the tasting bar were older and well on their way to oxidation but Olivia was beyond accommodating and opened new bottles to ensure my tasting was fresh! What a difference it made, it transformed what could have been a horrible experience into one I thoroughly enjoyed. The one is a bit expensive for what it is in my own opinion but you can tell the winemakers take pride in what they do, plus it needs to be remembered this more a boutique vineyard than anything else, small-​batch quantities, specialized and again estate-​grown, they do everything themselves!
Olivia was informative and friendly, she makes you feel like a long-​lost friend.
OH! They are extremely dog-​friendly too!

I visited with my sister on a cold, late-​fall Friday. No one else was there but us and our server. We paid their full price for a tasting. We were so disappointed! Our server gave us literally the tiniest pours possible. She would tilt the bottle as fast as she could and give us only a tiny dribble of wine. One pour was barely enough to wet my tongue much less taste anything. I wrote an email to Perigeaux after this visit to express my dissatisfaction but they didn’t respond. I don’t plan to ever go back since there are plenty of other nice wineries in the area.

I’ve visited a few times during the summer over the last two years. It’s a quick drive from DC and a nice escape from the city. The staff have always been extremely welcoming and accommodating in every way, while also very knowledgable about their wines. We love that we can bring our dogs and own food for a nice, long picnic with wine. The Montepulciano is by far their best wine, and during our last visit the staff was nice enough to sell us a bottle even though not offered on the menu.

I love this place, very nice staff, good wines and reasonable priced. We always bring cheese and crackers, grab a glass of wine after the tasting and sit out side and enjoy the afternoon.

The wines are ok, a bit on the expensive side. The only wine I was willing to buy was Cardinal, a light bodied sweet red. The staff was very knowledgeable and the site is beautiful. They were setting up for an event.

Great ambiance
Average to poor wine (taste and price)
Poor service. I schedule a tour which was delayed an hour. I ended up leaving without getting a tour due to the delay.
I won’t return nor would I refer a friend.

We were there on a Sunday afternoon in September. Lovely ambience, attentive staff, musician playing jim Croce, kids playing bean bag.
Shame about the wine, of which I sampled the higher cost examples. Nasty metallic finish on the 3 I tasted.

Visited about 6 months ago and had a good time so figured we would visit again with friends. Our tasting was very disappointing. The tasting glasses were dirty (one had spider webs across the top) and during one pour I received a chunk of something in my pour (might have been cork but couldn’t tell for sure). The lady pouring for us corrected both of these issues by getting other glasses and re pouring, and we appreciated the effort. But several of the wines offered for tasting were off from what when had during our previous visit, nothing like what we remembered. It was almost like the wine was old, opened from a previous week and started to get old or oxidize. We informed the person pouring for us and she let the other man behind the counter know we thought some of the wines had off smells and tastes (I’m not kidding, the moscato smelled like dirty shoes). We taste wine all the time so we know when something is up. He said that the wine smelled different but the flavor profile was correct (no freaking way in my opinion).
The tasting was suspect and we were disappointed enough by the experience that I don’t think we will be back.

Was here on a whim for a tasting. Service was excellent. Live musician was really good. Wine is average but I did manage to find a red that I liked. Atmosphere is excellent for a quiet evening with your special someone. Staff is very knowledgable about their wines.

We visited Perigeaux a few months ago and were disappointed with the service. It seems that all of the negative reviews have made an impact because this time we received great service which allowed for a better overall experience. If you’ve tried Perigeaux before and were disappointed, give them another try and to see the improvements they’ve made!

It seems like I see a lot of negative reviews coming from people who used Living Social or Groupon to get some cheap price. People who pay less always seem to want more which is why I would never use those services for my business.
I went to Perigeaux this afternoon with my girlfriend and it was charming and beautiful. While I drink a lot of wine, I’m not an expert, as some of the commenters obviously are. I know what I like. I usually drink $ 5 – 8 wine from Trader Joe’s, and no, it’s not good wine. Most of the wine I tasted at Perigeaux was good. My favorite was the Montepulciano. I enjoyed a glass and bought a bottle.
Music on this day was nice and provided by Calvert County native Jimmy Yoe, who also shared stories of the Southern Maryland of yore.
This is not Napa or the Willamette Valley. This is Southern Maryland, and I thought it was a lovely place to spend an afternoon.

Went to this winery on a Living Social Deal. The deal included 2 tastings and a bottle from a select list of wines.
Ambiance: When we arrived, we saw that the setting was gorgeous, there was outdoor seating, and a musician was playing. You could see the grapes growing which made the ambiance even cooler – we were excited to taste!
However, the wines and service were quite disappointing.
The wines: There were around 13 wines that we tasted. By far, the best wine was the Cab Franc – unfortunately it was priced at $ 42 and not on the list of wines we could get with our deal. Many of the others wines had a pungent smell to them and gave a bad first impression. The tastes were sub-​par for Maryland wine and the prices were higher than most other Maryland wineries. We did wind up getting the Summer Sunset wine with our offer – a sweet, average, drinkable «porch» wine.
The servers: In all fairness, it was crowded at the winery (mostly due to living social users); however the service was also sub-​par. The tasting took way longer than it should have – the server was not attentive to us as a couple. They also made many mistakes with other customers that we witnessed, which caused our tasting to be delayed and sporadic.
Overall: While we were not a huge fan of the wine or the service, we did love the ambiance – and it could still make it a fun afternoon. However, we would much rather spend an afternoon at Running Hare Vineyard, just a few minutes away.

The only reason for the one star is the ambiance. Very nice location, pretty setting but then you get the tasting. This winery has the distinction, in my opinion, of having the WORST 15 tastings ever. They should give you 5.00 for the endurance of trying to find one wine that did not smell or taste like skunk.
I kept hoping for at least one wine I could buy, as I love Maryland wines. At least the weather was great and we were outside, the grass received a lot of wine.
Glass after glass failed. Finally, after about 6 glasses we get an unlabeled Chardonay. It actually was fairly palatable. Then we are told it can’t be sold and it is the only bottle they have. REALLY, why tease with the only good bottle, then say, Nyah, Nyah, Nyah, you can’t have it.
Also the bottles were the most expensive in the area 18.00−36.00.
Save your palate and your money, go to Friday’s Creek or the best… Running Hare.

We went out to Perigeaux to check out a possible wedding venue. What we found was the friendliest, most helpful owners you’d ever hope to meet. Mark and John had their own ceremony on their property and were more than happy to not only show us the grounds, but busted our their own wedding pictures so we could see what a wedding there would look like, and even dug out the price guide from a local vendor. We even ended up checking out a hotel about 15 minutes away at their suggestion for guests and bridal party to stay at.
John poured us a glass of wine while we took a look at the material, and Tom the employee behind the bar in the tasting room assisted us when we were ready for our tasting.
We still have a few more venues to check out before the final location decision, but I can tell you this… the experience we had at Perigeaux would lead me to recommend this winery for it’s product, but also as a wedding location and for truly good people who deserve every ounce of success they have.
And as for the wine… let’s just say we left with an assorted case of some tasty choices.
:-)

Let me start by saying I’ve been in the wine industry for 5 years and have yet to recieve an industry discount or comp tastings from any winery excluding Shafer in Napa Valley, and believe me they are no Shafer. When asked if they provide an industry discount or comp tastings I got a (I didn’t recieve that memo) comment from the tasting room manager. He happend to be one of the worst pourers I’ve had the displeasure of meeting. He just didn’t seem happy. Their wines are just not good.
Most grapes come from other states and they cant even produce good wines from those grapes. On the nose the smells are muted at best with most having green underippen flavors. The grounds are ok with some shady areas to picnic. I will never go back due to the treatment we recieved and the bad wines we were served.

This is an amazing vineyard with incredible wines! We’ve been coming since they opened, and I can’t wait to come back! The owners are very generous and give tours of their vineyard and production facilities. What I find especially remarkable is that their wine is grown on site. Most other vineyards in Maryland import their grapes and mix. That makes Perigeaux very special. There are also two adorable Labs named Matt and Luke that greet visitors.

I have to agree with the other reviews. My husband really enjoyed the wines here but I found the scent of the wines to be a bit unpleasant. The tastes were better than the smells but like many other Maryland wines that I’ve tried, these ones failed to leave a great impression. They did have a great selection of wines but I found the bottle prices to be a bit outlandish considering the wines were par at best.
That being said, it’s still a very young winery, they’ve won tons of awards and are starting to really market themselves. Try the 2010 Pinot Gris (much better than the filtered 2008) and the sweet wines, those were the ones that I found the most intriguing.
The staff was incredibly friendly and personable and was very helpful when it came to describing the wines (whoever it was giving the tastings on Saturday afternoon was AMAZING. That being said, we had no plans to stop at this winery while exploring southern Maryland/​South County so we were happily surprised by the great atmosphere, the low tasting price ($ 5 for ~9 wines = awesome) and the friendly staff and beautiful location. Definitely worth stopping for the tasting for anyone traveling in that area.

Named for the town of Périgueux in Aquitaine, renowned for its goose liver foie, Perigeaux Vineyards and Winery is a lovely little winery. (Sidebar: when I asked the tasting guide if the emblem for «Peri-​go» was a duck or goose, he told me it was a goose and corrected my pronunciation: «It’s ‘Peri-​GOO’,» he said. Actually, sir, the town in France is Peri-​GOO, but the bastardization chosen for this winery would be pronounced Peri-​GO by any Frenchman. Just sayin’.).
The setting is quite pretty, nestled back off of Route 4, on 30 acres of reclaimed farm land. And the tasting room — beautifully converted from a tiny two-​bedroom tenant shack — successfully captures a rustic but classy French farmhouse feeling. Our tasting guide was nice (he never introduced himself, so I didn’t get his name), but seemed less than knowledgeable about the wines in which Perigeaux specializes. Like, when I asked him about the residual sugar content in the Riesling, he said, «Hmm, I’m not sure. I’d guess like, 13…14 percent?» I’m no wine expert, asking about residual sugars is a pretty basic tasting question, and even I could guess that there was *no way* that semi-​sweet white had 13% r.s.
Maybe it’s because the Maryland wine industry is even younger than the Virgina wine industry and hasn’t quite found its footing yet; maybe it’s because the glasses imparted an odd odor to the wines’ bouquets; maybe it’s because many of the wines are made from juices imported from other countries; but I wasn’t overly impressed by the standard wines we sampled at Perigeaux, from Merlot to Chardonnay. Their dessert and specialty wines — made from imported grape juice — were just okay, tho I particularly liked the light, refreshing 2007 Pinot Gris Blush. But my favorite wines were the Mackall Road line of semi-​organic, sulfite-​free table wines, especially a full-​bodied, peppery 2008 Merlot.
A pretty setting and tasting room overlooking their ten acres of vines, plus a reasonable $ 5 tasting fee for nine wines make Perigeaux an A-​OK stop if you happen to find yourself on Maryland’s Eastern Shore. Just don’t expect world class wines with your view.