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Rose Garden Wines founders Joy Sheppard, front, and Brittany Woodland pose with bottles from their wine company based in Prince George's County, Maryland. (The Turnkey Agency)
Pandemic to profit
When the world paused during the covid-19 pandemic, people everywhere turned to popular hobbies like sourdough bread making, drawing and outdoor exercise. For some of Maryland’s newest vignerons, the pandemic presented an opportunity to turn an interest in wine into a business.
Hollywood often depicts entering the wine industry as simple as buying or inheriting land and figuring out the bumps along the way.
Joy Shepherd and Brittany Woodland took the négociant, or merchant’s, route to open Rose Garden Wines…
