Labor Day 2026
September 3, 2026 / News
Links Bridge is open on Labor Day, 11am-6pm. Come on by!
Cheers,
Bob & Joan
Impressionistic Landscapes: Paintings by Bryan Jernigan
September 3, 2026 / News
Hey all–
For the month of September, Links Bridge is hosting an exhibit of landscapes by Bryan Jernigan. Jernigan, a well-known professional artist and acclaimed teacher, is a master of many techniques and mediums. Last year we were excited to exhibit a series of his striking abstract paintings (look here for an example).
Color on the Water
Pastel on Paper
© by Bryan Jernigan
This year we are enthusiastically following up with a collection of pastel-on-paper “Impressionistic Landscapes” that (in our opinion) combine the artist’s love of the abstract with a keen talent for the representational.
Fall Reflection
Pastel on Paper
© by Bryan Jernigan
Through his use of composition, value, and color, Jernigan captures the spirit of each place he portrays. In this exhibit, beauty is around every corner!
The paintings are small and medium in size, but they pack a powerful punch and each will be accessible to anyone who appreciates impressionistic paintings.
Reception for the Artist
Bryan Jernigan will be at the Links Bridge Tasting Room from 1-3 pm on Sunday September 5 to chat with customers and guests about his work. Come on by, enjoy a glass of wine, and see some great pictures!
Cheers,
Bob & Joan
Goat Yoga is Back!
August 27, 2026 / News
Goat for the Soul’s Goat Yoga will be back at Links Bridge Vineyards on Sunday August 30 from 10am-Noon!
Your class begins at 10am next to a section of the Monocacy River we call “the Riffle.” If you’re over 21, enjoy a complimentary flight of seven wines after class on our tasting room terrace. (If you’re younger, enjoy a snack and soda or orange juice!)
For further enjoyment of the day, take a stroll along the River. Bring a picnic or try one of our charcuterie platters. Buy a bottle of wine and enjoy the rest of your afternoon up on the terrace or down by the river.
Relax, exercise, and enjoy! While we can’t absolutely guarantee it, we’re strongly expecting a sunny Sunday morning.
Register for the class here on the Goat for the Soul website. Both the class and the after-class wine flight are included in the $41 ticket price.
Fishing on the Riffle
Photo by Karen Cool, copyright 2022
Links Bridge Vineyards at the 2026 Atlantic Seaboard Wine Competition
August 20, 2026 / News
Hello all,
We just wanted to let you know that Links Bridge Vineyards did well at the Atlantic Seaboard Wine Association’s 2026 wine competition! The six wines we entered won four gold and two silver medals:
Gold
2024 Merlot
2024 Norton
2024 Petit Verdot
2024 Right Bank Blend
Silver
2024 Pileated
2025 Sauvignon Blanc
The Atlantic Seaboard Wine Association has been conducting its competition annually since 1973 to increase awareness of the high quality of East Coast wines, so we feel honored at the way our wines fared this year.
Two additional features of these results pleased us especially. First, our 2024 Norton was judged Best in Class, meaning that the judges thought it the best among Nortons entered in the competition. Second, the 2024 Merlot was created one evening back in April when several tables of wine club members, starting with the same raw materials, each experimented to produce a Merlot blend. The resulting blends were tasted blind by all participating members, who selected the best blend by vote. That blend became our 2024 Merlot. So winning a gold medal for this wine was (to us and we hope to you) very cool. (We’re hoping to sign up more wine club members to participate in a wine blending exercise again next year!)
To read more about the Atlantic Seaboard Wine Competition, look here!
Cheers.
Bob & Joan
News
August 2, 2026 / News
Hey all,
We have a couple of things to tell you about in this post. First, as part of our continuing “Wine and Art” series of exhibits, we’ll be displaying a new and intriguing collection of drawings during the month of August. Second, on August 8 Dysfunctional Housewives will be sponsoring a new Vendor Day at our Links Bridge site. Here are the details:
Argyrol
© by Jim Haller
Obsessed: Pen and Ink Drawings by Jim Haller
From August 1-30, we’ll be hosting an exhibit of pen-and-ink drawings by Jim Haller. Haller is a graduate of Edinboro University of PA and is now an art educator. The exhibit features beautiful, bigger than life renditions of old medicine
bottles. In college, Haller was diagnosed with a degenerative health condition that led to a long series of hospital experiences and an obsession with old medications and remedies.
In 2016, he started collecting vintage and antique medicine bottles and pill tins, of which he now has close to 400. In 2021, he began using his collection as the subject of his work, lighting, photographing, and then meticulously drawing each bottle. He works in pen and ink, using a stippling technique that involves dabbing dots of ink onto a surface, creating texture and depth, layering colors for gradients, and building up patterns for a textured finish. Haller describes this very painstaking procedure as meditative and therapeutic. We think the result is beautiful to behold, and hope you will come by to take a look at these drawings.
We don’t want to leave the false impression that Haller only draws medicine bottles! You can see more of his work here. The Haller exhibit is available to view at the Links Bridge Vineyards Tasting Room, 8830 Old Links Bridge Rd, Thurmont MD 21788. We’re open Saturdays and Sundays from 11 am to 6 pm and open other days by appointment (call 301-466-2413).
Vine & Vendor Day: “Once Upon a Vineyard”
On Saturday August 8, come on by to enjoy a little wine while also enjoying the arts, crafts, music, food, and adoptable pets brought together for the third time this year by Dysfunctional Housewives. The poster below says it all, and we think you’ll like the experience!
Cheers,
Bob & Joan
Goat Yoga at the Riffle!
July 9, 2026 / News
We are excited to tell you that Goat Yoga is returning to Links Bridge Vineyards on Sunday July 19 from 10am-Noon!
Your class begins at 10am next to a section of the Monocacy River we call “the Riffle.” After class, enjoy a flight of seven wines on our tasting room terrace. For further enjoyment of the day, take a stroll along the River. Bring a picnic or try one of our charcuterie platters. Buy a bottle of wine and enjoy the rest of your afternoon up on the terrace or down by the river.
Relax, exercise, and enjoy!
Register for the class here on the Goat for the Soul website. Both the class and the after-class wine flight are included in the $41 ticket price. (For children and those under 21, we will have a snack and soda or orange juice and a complimentary wine tasting certificate for their accompanying adult.)
Fishing at Links Bridge Vineyards
Photo by Karen Cool, copyright 2022
Upcoming
Sept 5-27–Impressionistic Landscapes: Paintings by Bryan Jernigan
Sept 6–Reception for Bryan Jernigan, 1-3 pm
Sept 7–Labor Day, we’re open! 11am-6pm.
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